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Proviso Township Map -- circa 1920

Proviso Township is located west of Chicago's Loop in west central Cook Country.  The map to the right is Cook County.  Proviso Township is "blackened".

Private land ownership is indicated in unincorporated areas.

This map of Proviso Township is arranged in 36 sections, each approximately a square mile.  The numbering of  the township's sections is arranged like this:

Some reference points:

• The point where the corners of sections 16, 17, 20 and 21 touch is the current intersection of Roosevelt and Mannheim Roads.
• Mount Carmel Cemetery is in section 18.
• The Des Plaines River passes through sections 1, 2, 8, 14, 23, 24, 26, 35 and loops back up into section 36.
• The current Hillside Village Hall  is approximately in the middle of the common sides of sections 17 and 18.  The cross street is Harrison Street.  Wolf Road runs north-south along the edges of sections 17 and 18.
• Running north-south through the centers of sections 3, 10, 15, 22, 28 and 33 is 17^th Avenue.

Northern Half:

Southern Half:

To see the Township of York (immediately to the west of Proviso Township), click here.

The primary source of this information is:

"Cobbs Directory - Pre 1900 Maps Springfield Historical Society", Proviso Township Library", 1898

Last Modified:  12/29/2002