Martin Nelson Kimbell Buys Jefferson Township
- Date Range
- January 1, 1836 – January 1, 1836
- Title
- Martin Nelson Kimbell Buys Jefferson Township
- What occurred
- Martin Nelson Kimbell was the first white colonialist settler of the Logan Square area. He moved there from New York and bought 160 acres of land in 1836. This land is what would later become Logan Square. His buying up the land was important because it led to businesses and roads being built in the area and people began to be more attracted to the town as it developed. It didn’t get annexed into the city until 1889 which is what led to it developing and becoming an important neighborhood in the city. There is a road going through Logan Square named after him but they changed the spelling to Kimball instead of how his last name is actually spelled.
- Location
- 3200 W Logan Blvd. Chicago, IL
- Image Citation
- “Logan Square Community Collection.” Chicago Public Library, https://www.chipublib.org/fa-logan-square-community-collection/.
- Student name(s)
- Olivia Bruursema