BlockAshdale Junction, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61053. It stands on Straddle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Carroll quadrangle. It stands 820 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1942 USGS Mt Carroll quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Mt Carroll quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Mt. Carroll quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mt. Carroll quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Salem township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Crimixal Mention Prepared By Volxey Armour, Esq
The Mathews Case. - The first murder case that appears upon the docket of the Carroll County Circuit Court is that of The People vs. James ]\Iathewb,on change of venue from Jo Daviess County. It was first docketed for the October term, 1841. At the October term, 1842, the indictment was dismissed for want of witnesses.
In the county-history sources
42,323 words on this townshipThe History of Carroll County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County-its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory ... War Record ... Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... History of the Northwest ... Illinois ... Miscellaneous Matters, Etc, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Salem Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Salem Township - 42,323 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Ashdale Junction: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heisler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Carroll County Hwy Dept | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| G.D. Campbell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Heldt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| L. Poffenberger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| McKenna Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sorenson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carroll | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Daggett (historical) | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lanark | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Chadwick | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Carroll | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Georgetown | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Burke | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Center Hill | 6.5 miles | 21 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Ashdale Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4804766 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422418. 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.
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.