Akron, Illinois

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Akron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61526. The Survey maps it on the Edelstein quadrangle.

Akron within Peoria County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1893 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1932 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500
1933 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500
1937 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Edelstein quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
1998 USGS Edelstein quadrangle1:24000

In the county-history sources

4,787 words on this township

The History of Peoria County, Illinois. Containing a History of the Northwest--history of Illinois--history of the County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Etc. .., published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Akron Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The first settler of Akron township wiis Hugli Alontgoniery, who located on section 7 in 18:!1. The same year D. Prince and James Morrow settled on section 'M, and Thomas Morrow on section l8. The first marriage took [place in 1838, when William Morrow was united with Miss Martha White. The first birth was Jane, daughter of Danifil and Elizabeth Prince, in February, 1832. The first death in the tcnvnship was that of Samuel Morrow, infant son of William Morrow, in 1835. Tiie first sermon preached was by the Kev. Mr. Hill, a Methodist preacher, at the residence of James Morrow, in 1832. Tlie first scliool house was built on .-iection 10, in 1836. The school was taught by Miss Hester Stoddard in that year. The first church edifice was built by the Seventh-day Baptists in 1871, and was dedicated by the Rev. Nathan Wardner. The first justice of the peace was Benjamin Slane, who was also the first supervisor. The Rock Island and Peoria Railroad runs tiirough the southwest corner.

Passage source: The History of Peoria County, Illinois. Containing a History of the Northwest--history of Illinois--history of the County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., Etc. .., published 1880.

CALLERY P.\TRICK, farmer. Sec. 10. P. O. Akron, was born in Roscommon county. Ireland, December 7, 1827. His education was received in the schools of his native country. In 1 840 emigrated to the United States and located in Saratoga county. N. Y., and the following year moved to Peoria county. III., and in 1859 married Miss Bridget Fulton, a native of the same place of husband. She died in 1863. leaving two children - one son and one daughter. In 186S he married Miss Mary Fay, a native of county Mayo, Ireland. Owns 160 acres of fine, fertile land as Akron affords. Democratic in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic Church. He is a school director, and is one of the well-to-do farmers of the county.

Abigail Hill. April, 1839. a native of New York. They have nine children, six of whom are now living - four sons and two daughters. Has a beautiful farm of 160 acres ; as good a one as Akron affords ; also, 160 acres in Morris county, Kansas. Member of the M. E. Church ; also trustee of the same. Republican in politics. Has held several local offices of trust. Had two sons in the Union army: Edwin K. serving three years and five months in liattery A, of this county ; and Albert S. one year and three months.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Akron Township - it names this place 10 more 10 times.

Fires near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Akron in 2018, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
23 March 2018	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	2018188

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Peoria County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Akron: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Limestone Prospect	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
	Long Rock Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Peoria County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Akron in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Akron	-	A few trees were blown over.
April 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Akron	-	A tornado briefly touched down in an open field about 3.1 miles east-northeast of Dunlap at 1:32 PM CDT. No damage was reported before the tornado quickly lifted at 1:33 PM CDT.

Every storm recorded in Peoria County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
West Hallock	1.4 miles	21
Edelstein	2.9 miles	21
Dunlap	3.2 miles	22
Cedar Bluff Estates	5.1 miles	23
Princeville	5.8 miles	14
North Hampton	6.4 miles	20
Alta	6.5 miles	22
South Rome	7.2 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422393. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.