Reason

The filing of this 1830 map of Chicago is said to mark the beginning of the municipality of Chicago, which would incorporate as a city later that decade. To this day the original 58 blocks of this city are regarded as such, with the most famous being Block 37. Wolf Point, Chicago is block 14.

Articles this image appears in

108 North State Street
Wolf Point, Chicago
History of Chicago
Sauganash Hotel

Creator

James Thompson

• Support as nominator -- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 04:53, 28 July 2010 (UTC) reply
• Commnet A more elaborate rationale would be more helpful. Is this the earliest map of Chicago? Does it show a detail no other map does? -- Elekhh ( talk) 05:25, 30 July 2010 (UTC) reply
  • I apologize, I accidentally put the reason in the caption and then filled the reason with my stock answer.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 05:43, 30 July 2010 (UTC) reply
    • It seems to be a reproduction from 1884 which altered the original from 1830 which could be this, although again a different version is shown here. -- Elekhh ( talk) 06:05, 30 July 2010 (UTC) reply
      • In 1830 when the area had a population of about 250, historians regard the August 4, 1830 filing of the plat as the official recognition of a municipality known as Chicago. ^[1] Chicago became an incorporated city in 1837. The 1884 map that you point to was just a later mapping of the city with a much larger area depicted that includes the orignal 58-blocks of this map.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 06:47, 30 July 2010 (UTC) reply
      • Yes, this is a reproduction taken from a book published in 1884. I'm not sure if the original still exists; the one in the Encyclopedia of Chicago is a certified copy dating from 1837.— Jeremy ( talk) 15:22, 30 July 2010 (UTC) reply
• Comment I love and respect historic content, but this seems too vague, just a bunch of boxes with no description. -- I'ḏ ♥ One 08:53, 16 August 2010 (UTC) reply
  • It is a standard plat. It shows city blocks and individual land parcels. What more could you want it to contain. The city did not exist at the time of the map. It had a population of only 250 people. This is the vision of the actual streets that eventually evolved.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 13:53, 16 August 2010 (UTC) reply
    • Ok, support then since I get this now. -- I'ḏ ♥ One 03:34, 20 August 2010 (UTC) reply

Support Very historical Spongie555 ( talk) 03:43, 2 September 2010 (UTC) reply

• Support—High EV plat that laid out the grid of downtown Chicago, and in some senses could be considered the founding document of the city.— Jeremy ( talk) 17:54, 2 September 2010 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Thompson Chicago plat 1830.jpg -- Edge3 ( talk) 21:57, 2 September 2010 (UTC) reply