1997 Map of Blue Island

About this map

Evergreen Park and Blue Island anchor this late-twentieth-century study of the southern Cook County suburbs, a landscape defined by an extensive network of large cemeteries and institutional campuses. Significant burial grounds including St Marys Cemetery, Mt Greenwood Cemetery, and Cedar Park Cemetery occupy vast tracts between established neighborhoods. The industrial and transit character of the region is evident along the Calumet Sag Channel and the Little Calumet River, where the Union Pacific Railroad intersects with the waterway infrastructure. Local education and healthcare centers like St Xavier College and Christ Hospital stand as major landmarks within the dense residential grids of Oak Lawn and Chicago. The map also preserves the path of the Old Indian Boundary, which cuts diagonally across the townships, reflecting the early surveying history of the Illinois frontier.