The First Disannexations
The First Disannexations
In 1928 and 1933 occurred the first two disannexations, as shown in Map "E". On May 16, 1928, a small rectangle at the northeast corner of Skokie bounded at the west by Greeley Avenue. (Evanston) and at the south by Harrison was disannexed to Evanston by a Village Board vote of 4-2, upon petition of 1/2 of the electors and property owners in that area. Thus the west side of Greeley became a boundary of present day Skokie. (This entire area remains, however, part of the Skokie Park District.)
On September 19, 1933, as shown also in Map "E", the triangular section north of "Elgin, formerly known as Emerson" (and today generally called Golf Road) was similarly disannexed to Evanston.
Map "E"