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Events on Monday 12 August 1833 1
1833Chicago incorporated as a townSmall lakeside settlement takes its first step toward cityhoodOn 12 August 1833, Chicago was officially incorporated as a town with a population of about 350 residents. It had grown up around Fort Dearborn on the shore of Lake Michigan. The settlement would be rechartered as a city just four years later.