In 1889, an annexation of Hyde Park, Lakeview, and Jefferson and Lake townships made Chicago the largest city in the US by area.

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The annexation added 125 square miles to the city.

Four years later, the land acquired in Hyde Park was used for the Columbian Exposition.

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