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1929 Map of Blue Island

Name: 1929 Topographic Map of Blue Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Blue Island and the surrounding southern Cook County suburbs appear here in a period of intense industrial and transit development during the late 1920s. A remarkably dense concentration of memorial parks, including St Maria Cemetery, Ever-Rest Cemetery, and the Burr Oak Lutheran Cemetery, dominates the landscape between residential blocks, illustrating the regional role this area played in Chicago's funerary history.

The intricate rail network of the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal and the Indian Harbor Belt crisscrosses the terrain, serving the heavy industry concentrated near the Sag Channel and Little Calumet River. In contrast to this industrial core, the map reveals early aviation and leisure landmarks such as the Airport near Stickney and the Southmoor Country Club, reflecting the era's diversifying land use as the city's influence reached further south into Worth and Bremen.