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South Evanston, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Evanston City. It lies in ZIP code area 60202. The Survey maps it on the Evanston quadrangle.

South Evanston within Cook County

On record in South Evanston

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 12 of 43 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Cook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

90,367 words on this township

History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884 names this settlement in its chapter on Evanston City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

WILLIAM H. RAlUSToW. proprietor of marble, stone and granite works, was bom in Yorkshire, England. August '.'7. 1810, and there learned his trade. He came to Chicago in ISO.') utul worked al his trade up to 1 Him. when he went to Lake View and worked for J. H. Anderson, in 1870 starting tn business at Rose Hill. In 1872. he came to South Evanston, and bought out the marble works of Hooper & Son, and carried it on himself, afterward taking hi* brother Jowett in with him, the firm now being W. II. Bairstow & Bro. He is one of the Trustees of South Evanston. He was married to Miss Jennie M. Anderson, of Scotland, on August 30, 1870. Thev have two children - Mabel B. and Fannie K.

Passage source: History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884.

SAMl'EL C. ('HASH, paired, was bom in Providence. R. L. March 10, 1808. He went to Green Bay. Wis,, in 1837, and was employed as a mason. In the spring 'of 1842, he came l« Chicago, after w hich he was for four years in Lemont, engaged ill the mercantile business. In 1808. he went to Kenosha, Wis., and the some year came to RnUMttfD, where he resided for ten vears, and since 1878 has resided in South Evanston. He married Miss Elizabeth Toune, of Providence, R. I. They had eight children, all deceased bill one daughter, Jennie (now Mrs. Stephen T. Lunt, of Evanston).

Passage source: History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884.

JOSEPH II. DORCEY. station agent at Calvary, was liorn in Chicago. August 20, 1852. He was first employed while a bov in running a stationary engine for B. Peony, and in a brick vard. He then attended school at l4lke Forest, and on December 9. 1872. became connected with the Chicago North- Wotem Railroad, was made station agent at South Evanston. August 23, 1874, and <>n October 27. 1882, at Calvarv. After coming to Evanston. he worked also at carpentering and on gas works. In connection with his present position at Calvary, he is also engaged in the real estate business, and also putting in dry filter and tie wells. He married Miss Annie May. of Waukegan, III., In 1878. They have one child, Annie B.

Passage source: History of Cook County, Illinois. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1884.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Evanston City - it names this place 17 more 17 times.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of South Evanston: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Evanston City EngStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Morton Grove City Eng. - Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wilmette City Eng. - Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cook County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Evanston0.6 miles21
Oakton0.9 miles21
Dolands Addition1.6 miles21
Birchwood1.6 miles21
North Evanston2.0 miles21
Rogers Park2.1 miles21
West Ridge2.7 miles24
Skokie2.8 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122539628The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1802390. 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.