Niles Township Area Map Detail (Warner and Beers), 1876
Title
Niles Township Area Map Detail (Warner and Beers), 1876
Creator
Description
Reproduction of a portion of a map depicting Niles Township and surrounding townships. The area depicted centers around Niles Township and includes Northfield, New Trier, Evanston, Norwood Park and portions of Maine Leyden, and Jefferson Townships. Rivers, cities, and some landmarks are labeled. The map was created by Warner and Beers and was published in 1876 on pages 11-12 in the "Atlas of the State of Illinois to which are added various general maps, history, statistics and illustrations," published by the Union Atlas Company in Chicago, Illinois. A better, full-color scan of this map is available from the digital collections of the David Rumsey Map Collection.
From Chapter 6, "Northeast Cook County: From the Illinois Atlas, 1876," 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
1876
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
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
Warner and Beers, “Niles Township Area Map Detail (Warner and Beers), 1876,” Skokie History Digital Collections, accessed April 29, 2024, https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/items/show/3133.