W Polk St

Tags

• CA26-West Garfield Park
• CA28-Near West Side
• CA32-Loop
• CA27-East Garfield Park
• CA25-Austin
• named after president
• named after person

Location

Predecessors

• Della St (retired)
• Ewing St (→ Polk St)
• Towner St (retired)

Appears in

• Rees and Rucker Map of Chicago (1849)
• Rand, McNally & Co.'s Map of the Central Portion of Chicago (1895)

Might appear within

• Sanborn 1896 v. 12
• Sanborn 1896 v. B
• Sanborn 1903 v. 1
• Sanborn 1906 v. 1
• Sanborn 1906 v. 1-N&W
• Sanborn 1917 v. 7

Data Issues

• unconfirmed
• no start date

Similarly named streets

• Polk St (→ Arthington St)
• Polk St (→ Lexington St)

Aligned Streets

• E 8th St
• Peck Ct (→ 8th St)
• Peck Pl (→ 8th St)
• Pine St (→ Kendall St)

Source Notes

• CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

  «Polk St., 752S 1 to 5452W. Named after President James Polk. Della St., Ewing St., Towner St.»

Edit History

• 2022-05-06 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Polk St., 752S 1 to 5452W. Named after President James Polk. Della St., Ewing St., Towner St.»'], 'tags': [['named after person', 'named after president']]}
  
• import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document