History & Genealogy of
Maine Township
Presented by Illinois Genealogy Trails
©Kim Torp
Cities & Towns within Maine Township:
City of Des Plaines -
City of Park Ridge - City
website
Village of Rosemont - Village Website
History .....
Des Plaines, a village of Cook County,
at the intersection of the Chicago & NOrthwestern and the Wisconsin Central Railroads, 17 miles northwest from
Chicago; is a dairying region. 1880 Population [was] 818; 1890 [population was] 986; 1899 [population was] 1,666.
Source: "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, 1901".
Park Ridge, a suburban village on the Wisconsin
Division of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, 13 miles northwest of Chicago. Population [in] 1880: 457.
1890: 987; 1900: 1,340 Source: "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois,
1901".
- provided by the city
Cemeteries.....
All Saints, Ridgewood (partial
transcription)
Biographies .....