<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park_Township,_Cook_County,_Illinois" id="mwpQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hyde Park Township, Cook County, Illinois">Hyde Park</a> and several other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> townships vote to be annexed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" id="mwpw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.