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Old 08-26-2012, 09:40 AM
 
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Would someone tell me when Chicago annexed the old city/town of Lake, which may have included Englewood and Back of the Yards?
Also, would any of you have anything on the history of Lake?
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Old 08-26-2012, 12:50 PM
 
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Would someone tell me when Chicago annexed the old city/town of Lake, which may have included Englewood and Back of the Yards?
Also, would any of you have anything on the history of Lake?

Town of Lake was annexed into Chicago in 1889 along with Hyde Park, Jefferson and Lake View.

Encyclopedia of Chicago

From the Encyclopedia of Chicago

Lake Township

Between 1850 and 1889 the area south of 39th Street, west of State Street, east of Crawford Avenue, and north of 87th Street constituted Lake Township, an independent political unit separate from Chicago. More than 10,000 new residents moved to the area, home of the Union Stock Yard, between 1870 and 1880. The incorporated government could not adequately provide services to this burgeoning population, and the area was annexed to Chicago in 1889.

Ann Durkin Keating


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