BlockRoseland, Illinois
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Chicago City. It lies in ZIP code area 60628. The Survey maps it on the Blue Island quadrangle.
On record in Roseland
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Palmer Parklisted 2007 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1892 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Chicago city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Index To Content
Chapter I. - First Settler of Chicago, 5. Various Appellations of Chicago. .Garies' River, 6. The Main River Bed Changed. .Chicago in Virginia. .Treaty of Greenville. . Original Site of Chicago. .Illinois in Indiana Territory. .Fort Dearborn Established. .First Commandants of the Fort. .Massacre of 1S12, 7. Captain John and Lieutenant Wm.
In the county-history sources
902,150 words on this townshipPolitics and Politicians of Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois : Memorial Volume, 1787-1887; a Complete Record of Municipal, County, State and National Politics from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1887; ... History of Chicago, Illinois, published 1895; Historical Review of Chicago and Cook County and Selected Biography. A.N. Waterman ... Ed. and Author of Historical Review, published 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Chicago City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Chicago City - 902,150 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Roseland: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marblehead South Chicago Lime Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Stony Island Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Yard No. 22 Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Yard R Clay Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roseland in 4 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roseland | - | Multiple reports of tree damage were received from the Roseland neighborhood in Chicago. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roseland | - | Multiple reports of tree damage were received across south Chicago. The damage appeared to be most concentrated in the Washington Heights, Roseland, Chatham, Avalon Park, South Shore and South Chicago neighborhoods. |
| July 2024 | Flood | Roseland | - | Flooding was reported across all lanes of Interstate 94 at Cottage Grove Avenue. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Roseland | - | A large tree had fallen and landed on a building in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Roseland | 0.7 miles | 25 | |
| North Pullman | 1.1 miles | 26 | |
| Arcade Row | 1.2 miles | 26 | |
| Pullman | 1.2 miles | 26 | |
| The Cottage | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Honeymoon Row | 1.5 miles | 26 | |
| Lilydale | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Washington Heights | 1.6 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1802402. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.