Abandoned Record
About Tedens
Tedens is a ghost town in Downers Grove Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Tedens, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Tedens is
Historic maps
12 historic USGS maps cover Tedens
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1890 Des Plaines sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1894 Des Plaines sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1900 Des Plaines sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1901 Des Plaines sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1928 Sag Bridge sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1953 Sag Bridge sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1953 Chicago sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Chicago sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1963 Sag Bridge sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1980 Chicago sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1993 Sag Bridge sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1997 Sag Bridge sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Tedens
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Illinois index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Tedens, Illinois": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q27995354.
- USGS GNIS 2044162.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).