Niles Township Land Owners Map Detail (Flowers), 1861
Title
Niles Township Land Owners Map Detail (Flowers), 1861
Creator
Description
Reproduction of a portion of a county land ownership map depicting Niles Township. The map was created by Walter L. Flowers, surveyor and engraver Edward Medel, and published in 1861 by S.H. Burhans and J. Van Vechten in Chicago. A better, full-color scan of this map is available from the digital collections of the Library of Congress.
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
Buisseret, David
Rights
No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Format
Medium
cadastral 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
Flower, Walter, “Niles Township Land Owners Map Detail (Flowers), 1861,” Skokie History Digital Collections, accessed May 8, 2024, https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/items/show/3131.