Niles Township Map Detail (Flowers), 1861
Title
Niles Township Map Detail (Flowers), 1861
Creator
Description
Hand-drawn detail map of Niles Township taken from Walter Flower's "Map of Cook County" published in Chicago in 1861 from the Chicago Historical Society's collection. Areas labeled include: Chicago River, Gross Point Road, Niles Center Road, Golf Road, Oakton Street, Touhy Avenue, Caldwell's Reserve, and Harms Road.
From Chapter 5, "Niles Township: From the Flower Map, 1861," in Skokie: A Community History Using Old Maps by David Buisseret (Chicago Neighborhood History Project, and the Skokie Historical Society and the Newberry Library, 1985).
Date
1861
Publisher
Skokie Historical Society, Skokie, Illinois (original web version); Chicago Neighborhood History Project
Contributor
Flower, Walter
Rights
No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Format
Medium
historical maps
Source
Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Provenance
Skokie Historical Society, Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Spatial Coverage
Niles Center, Illinois; Skokie, Illinois
Temporal Coverage
Is Part Of
David Buisseret, Skokie, a Community History Using Old Maps
Citation
Buisseret, David, “Niles Township Map Detail (Flowers), 1861,” Skokie History Digital Collections, accessed May 8, 2024, https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/items/show/3130.