Ravenswood is a neighborhood located on the North Side of the city of Chicago, Illinois.

Lacking designation as one of Chicago's 77 well-defined community areas, it is mostly situated in the Lincoln Square community area, with the portion east of Ravenswood Avenue and the Chicago & Northwestern/Union Pacific North Line railroad tracks being situated in the Uptown community area.

Ravenswood was founded in 1868 as an exclusive commuter suburb by a group of real-estate speculators.

These speculators formed the Ravenswood Land Company and purchased 194 acres of farmland and woods eight miles north of Chicago.

[2] Residents in Ravenswood are zoned to the campuses of the Chicago Public Schools: