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"Illinois County Boundaries: 1790 - Present". ILGenWeb. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016; White, Jesse (March 2010). "Origin and Evolution of Illinois Counties" (PDF). Illinois Secretary of State. writer, Statf (2022). "ILLINOIS COUNTY GOVERNMENT OVERVIEW" (PDF). ce.naco.org. National Association of Counties (NACo)
The first Code of Chicago was adopted in 1837. [3] The current Code, adopted 28 February 1990, wholly replaced and renumbered the previous Code adopted 30 August 1939. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is the responsibility of the City Clerk of Chicago to maintain a current copy of the Code, [ 5 ] and revisions to the Code must be published at least every six months.
Douglas, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of Chicago's 77 community areas. The neighborhood is named for Stephen A. Douglas , Illinois politician and Abraham Lincoln 's political foe, whose estate included a tract of land given to the federal government. [ 3 ]
Douglas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 United States census , the population was 19,740. [ 1 ] The county seat is Tuscola .
The Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District is a historic African-American district in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the Douglas community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. The neighborhood encompasses the land between the Dan Ryan Expressway to the west, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the east, 31st Street to the north, and ...
The first sites in Chicago to be listed were four listed on October 15, 1966, when the National Register was created by the National Park Service: the settlement house Hull House, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Frederick C. Robie House, the Lorado Taft Midway Studios, and the site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction. The NPS first ...
Chicago is traditionally divided into the three "sides" of the North Side, West Side, and South Side by the Chicago River. These three sides are represented by the white stripes on the Flag of Chicago. [12] The city is also divided into 50 wards for the purpose of electing one alderman each to the Chicago City Council. These wards have at times ...
Murdock Township is one of nine townships in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 210 and it contained 115 housing units. [ 2 ] It was formed from Camargo and Newman townships on December 7, 1882.