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Evanston, Illinois (U.S.)

Cook County

image located by Dave Fowler, 30 May 2024

Description of the flag
Seal
Previous flag
Evanston Township

See also:

Description of the flag

Evanston has adopted a new flag.
https://evanstonnow.com/city-has-new-flag-design/
(also: https://evanstonroundtable.com)

City has new flag design - Evanston Now
First-grader's winning design unveiled at Tuesday's City Council meeting.

A 7-year-old student at Dawes Elementary School has been declared the winner of a contest to design a new flag for the City of Evanston. Bernie Allen-Harrah’s design is meant to represent a stylized aerial view of the city — green trees, yellow sand beach and the blue waters of Lake Michigan — with the white star shape symbolizing the light from the Grosse Point Lighthouse.

Seal

located by Paul Bassinson, 10 July 2019

Image obtained from https://nextrequestdev.s3.amazonaws.com/evanston/
Paul Bassinson, 10 July 2019

Previous flag

image by Fred Drews, 10 March 2015

In 2008, the City Clerk's Office reported that Evanston, Illinois, did not have an actual municipal flag, only a logo. There were no plans to develop a municipal flag; the only flags used on public buildings are the S&S, the Illinois state flag, and the Cook County flag.
Ron Lahav, 17 December 2008

Evanston, Illinois, now has a flag. It is blue with the gold seal of the city in the upper center, above arched in white is CITY OF EVANSTON and below, also in white are COOK COUNTY and ILLINOIS on two lines.
Fred Drews, 10 March 2015

Evanston Township

image by David Sigley, 11 February 2023
image based on photo

The Township was founded in April 2, 1850 originally as Ridgeville Township. On February 15, 1857, its name was changed to Evanston Township in accordance to the Illinois General Assembly. The flag of Evanston Township was used from an unknown date until March 18, 2014 when the township was abolished and the City of Evanston took over the Township's administrative duties.

The flag was a diagonal bicolor field of blue-white-blue. In the center was the township seal. Under the seal was the slogan "PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE" split in white and blue. On either side of the slogan were a group of 7 orange stick figures, representing unity.

Evanston Now article depicting the flag: https://evanstonnow.com/township-budget-up-for-adoption/
David Zigler, 11 February 2023

Seal

image by David Sigley, 11 February 2023

The seal was an orange ring with the township, county, and state names on them. between the names are three stars, two on the left side, and one on the right side. In the center was an open book.
David Sigley, 11 February 2023