Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site
Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site is a memorial in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site is situated nearby to Chicago’s Finest Marina, as well as near Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Altgeld Gardens Homes and 130th station.
Altgeld Gardens Homes
Residential area
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Altgeld Gardens Homes is a Chicago Housing Authority public housing project on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States, on the border of Chicago and Riverdale, Illinois. Altgeld Gardens Homes is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site.
130th station
Metro station
130th is a upcoming rapid transit station for the Red Line as part of the Red Line Extension that will open in 2030. In January 2025, the CTA secured $1.9 billion for the project. 130th station is situated 1 mile northeast of Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site.
Riverdale station
Railway stop
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Riverdale is one of two commuter rail stations on the Metra Electric main branch in Riverdale, Illinois, a village just southwest of the adjacent Riverdale neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Riverdale station is situated 1 mile west of Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dolton and Riverdale.
Dolton
Town
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dolton is a village in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 21,426 at the 2020 census. Dolton is located just west of the expressway Interstate 94 and immediately south of the city limits of Chicago.
Riverdale
Suburb
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Riverdale is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois and is located on the city's far south side. As originally designated by the Social Science Research Committee at the University of Chicago and officially adopted by the City of Chicago…
Riverdale
Town
Riverdale is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 10,663 at the 2020 census. The village shares its name with the bordering Riverdale neighborhood in Chicago. Riverdale is situated 2 miles southwest of Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site.
Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.65084° or 41° 39′ 3″ northLongitude
-87.60778° or 87° 36′ 28″ westOpen location code
86HJM92R+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 10075402781OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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