BlockUptown, Illinois
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Chicago City. It lies in ZIP code area 60640. The Survey maps it on the Chicago Loop quadrangle.
On record in Uptown
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 20 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lakewood Balmoral Historic Districtlisted 1999 · 0.2 miles away
Bryn Mawr Avenue Historic Districtlisted 1995 · 0.2 miles away
Building at 5510 North Sheridanlisted 2001 · 0.2 miles away
Manor Houselisted 1987 · 0.2 miles away
Edgewater Beach Apartmentslisted 1994 · 0.3 miles away
Episcopal Church of the Atonement and Parish House, Thelisted 2009 · 0.4 miles away
West Argyle Street Historic Districtlisted 2010 · 0.4 miles away
Andersonville Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2010 · 0.5 miles away
John Gauler Houseslisted 1977 · 0.6 miles away
Epworth Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 2008 · 0.7 miles away
Aquitania, Thelisted 2002 · 0.7 miles away
Swedish American Telephone Company Buildinglisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1889 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:62500
- 1891 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Chicago Loop quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago Loop quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Chicago Loop quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Chicago Loop quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Chicago Loop 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Uptown: 1 past producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evanston City Eng | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Uptown in 12 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Lightning | Uptown | 1 hurt | A Chicago Park District lifeguard is believed to have been impacted by a nearby lightning strike. The man sustained minor injuries as storms were passing over just before 3 PM CST. He was transported to a local hospital and kept overnight as a precaution and was released the following morning. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uptown | - | Trees and tree limbs were blown down in Buena Park. A photo showed a large tree limb 10 to 12 inches in diameter blown down onto a bus bench awning. A piece of roof blew into the gangway between two buildings. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uptown | - | A wind gust to 59 mph was measured at the Montrose Harbor Light. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uptown | - | A wind gust to 63 mph was measured at the Montrose Harbor Light. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uptown | - | A wind gust to 58 mph was measured at the Montrose Harbor Light. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uptown | - | Broadcast media relayed a report of a tree snapped about halfway up along the Lakefront Trail in Montrose Harbor. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uptown | - | A wind gust to 59 mph was measured at the Montrose Harbor Light. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uptown | - | A wind gust to 62 mph was measured at the Montrose Harbor Light. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uptown | - | A wind gust to 60 mph was measured at the Montrose Harbor Light. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uptown | - | A photo showed a small tree snapped near its base at the intersection of Montrose Avenue and Lake Shore Drive. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uptown | - | Several tree limbs were blown down just northwest of Montrose Harbor. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uptown | - | A wind gust was measured to 62 mph at the Montrose Harbor Light. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewater | 0.2 miles | 24 | |
| South Edgewater | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Summerdale | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| West Edgewater | 0.8 miles | 24 | |
| North Edgewater | 0.8 miles | 24 | |
| Winnemac | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Wolcott Gardens | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Cedar Lawn | 1.1 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1772749. 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.