In 1673, Father Jacques Marquette, a French-born missionary of the Jesuit order, and Louis Jolliet (also spelled Joliet), a French-Canadian explorer and mapmaker, were the first Europeans to view the land on which the City of Chicago was to stand.
During the mid 1700s, the Chicago area was inhabited primarily by Potawatomis, who took the place of the Miami, Sauk and Fox who had previously controlled the area.
In the 1770s, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, born in Haiti in 1745 of African and French descent, established a trading post at the mouth of what is now the Chicago River. Du Sable is regarded as the "Founder of Chicago."
In 1803 the United States Army built Fort Dearborn, which was destroyed in 1812. It was rebuilt and remained in use until 1837.
On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was incorporated with a population of 350. Incorporation was enabled by an act of the legislature, passed February 12, 1831, which provided that any community of over 150 inhabitants was authorized to incorporate as a town, with limits not to exceed one square mile in extent.
On March 4, 1837, Chicago became a city with a population of 4,170.
Today Chicago has a estimated population of 2,704,958 (2016), and is the third most populous city in the United States. Its current mayor is Rahm Emanuel.
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Today many of the areas no longer correspond to any single neighborhood, and some area names have fallen out of colloquial use. The ever-changing nature of a city means that a few of the designations given in the 1920s may not still be in common use. Many are known more by a traditional or informal neighborhood name, such as Wrigleyville (*Lake View), Chinatown (*Armour Square), or Ukrainian Village (*West Town).
Residents and realtors tend to assign new names as neighborhoods evolve. Some estimate there are more than 200 such named neighborhoods in the city today.
(*Denotes an official community name.)
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Chicago is divided into 77 distinct community areas. In most communities, there are informally-named individual neighborhoods. The communities have their own sub-categories and the informally-named neighborhoods are listed in the 2nd grouping of neighborhood names. Please submit sites to the following categories. Read the categories descriptions for help in locating a specific neighborhood.
Chicago's far north side communities: Albany_Park • Edgewater • Edison Park • Forest Glen • Jefferson Park • Lincoln Square • North Park • Norwood Park • O'Hare • Rogers Park • Uptown • West Ridge
Chicago's north side communities: Avondale • Lake View (Lakeview) • Lincoln Park • Logan Square • North Center
Chicago's northwest side communities: Belmont Cragin • Dunning • Hermosa • Irving Park • Montclare • Portage Park
Downtown Chicago (central) including near north and near south side communities: Loop • Near North Side • Near South Side
Chicago's west and near west side communities: Austin • East Garfield Park • Humboldt Park • Lower West Side • Near West Side • North Lawndale • South Lawndale • West Garfield Park • West Town
Chicago's southwest side communities: Archer Heights • Brighton Park • Chicago Lawn • Clearing • Englewood • Gage Park • Garfield Ridge • McKinley Park • New City •West Elsdon • West Englewood • West Lawn
Chicago's south side communities: Armour Square • Bridgeport • Douglas • Fuller Park • Grand Boulevard • Greater Grand Crossing • Hyde Park • Kenwood • Oakland • South Shore • Washington Park • Woodlawn
Chicago's far southwest side communities: Ashburn • Beverly • Mount Greenwood • Washington Heights
Chicago's far southeast side communities: Avalon Park • Burnside • Calumet Heights • Chatham • East Side • Hegewisch • South Chicago • Pullman • Riverdale • Roseland • South Deering • West Pullman
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For sites and subcategory of sites related to the hobbies, recreation and sporting activities and organizations located within the City of Chicago.
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located within the City of Chicago.
Please note that several religious organizations that are focused on one or more particular ethnic groups are listed in the Chicago: Society and Culture: Religion category.
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