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1929 Map of Blue Island

Name: 1929 Topographic Map of Blue Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

Industrial expansion and extensive memorial grounds define the Cook County landscape south of the Chicago City Boundary. This 1920s survey, updated in the late 1940s, reveals the dense rail infrastructure surrounding Blue Island, where lines like the Pennsylvania RR and Indiana Harbor Belt RR converge near the Calumet Sag Channel. The map illustrates a transitional period of suburbanization, with established townships like Worth and Bremen hosting burgeoning residential clusters in Evergreen Park, Mount Greenwood, and Oak Lawn.

Genealogists will find the area particularly significant for its concentration of large cemeteries, including St Casimirs Cemetery, Mt Hope Cemetery, and Burr Oak Cemetery. Early aviation history is also marked by an Airport near Stickney. From the neighborhood blocks of West Pullman to the open fairways of the Midlothian Country Club, the sheet documents a South Side region balancing heavy industry with recreation and civic planning.