BlockBarreville, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Nunda Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60012. The Survey maps it on the McHenry quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1926 USGS Mc Henry quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS McHenry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS McHenry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS McHenry quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS McHenry quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Nunda township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Wolf Scalps
A few years prior to 1850 the county gave a bounty of $15 for each wolf's scalp that had been taken within the limits of the county. This was a bonanza for the hunters, and not only was this county scoured in search of the valuable prey, but adjoining counties robbed of wolves, which were brought alive across the line into this county where they were killed and bounty claimed on the scalps.
In the county-history sources
24,929 words on this townshipHistory of McHenry County, Illinois : Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns : Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History : Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, Also a Condensed History of Illinois .., published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Nunda Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The first church building erected in the township was built at Crystal Lake, and afterward moved to Nunda Tillage. The first school was taught by Miss A. McOmber, in 1839, in a log schoolhouse, which William Halcomb and C. Goff erected on section 18. They paid the teacher $1.25 per week to teach a school of five scholars. This log school-house was moved two years later to the southwest quarter of section 17. The seats in this building were placed near the wall and ran in a single row clear around the room. The children were compelled to sit facing the wall.
Passage source: History of McHenry County, Illinois : Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns : Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History : Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, Also a Condensed History of Illinois .., published 1885.
Th first saw-mill in the township was erected about the year 1845, by James and Samuel McMillen, on section 22. It served as a saw- mill till 1863, when it was at an expense of several thousand dollars converted into a grist-mill and is still in good running order. A. carding-mill was built in 1846, by Mr. Truesdell, in the northern part of the township. It was abandoned at the expiration of two years on account of not being a paying institution. The first grist-mill was built at Barreville, by T. J. Ferguson, at a cost of about $6,000. It is doing a good business also.
Passage source: History of McHenry County, Illinois : Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns : Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History : Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, Also a Condensed History of Illinois .., published 1885.
The Barreville grist-mill was built in 1857 by Thomas Ferguson at a cost of about $4,000; he ran this mill till his death, which occurred in 1865, when the property was sold to the Patterson Brothers who ran it till- 1873. At this date Mr. McCord bought the mill and ran it a short time when he sold it to Mr. J. F. Thompson who owned and ran it two years and then sold to Louis Munch, who is the present owner and proprietor. In 1884 he replaced the old burrs with the German rollers at an expense of nearly $4,000. This change enables him to compete with any mill extant and here is produced some of the finest patent flour that is manufactured anywhere.
Passage source: History of McHenry County, Illinois : Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns : Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History : Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, Also a Condensed History of Illinois .., published 1885.
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 Nunda Township - it names this place 3 more 3 times.
Fires near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Barreville between 2009 and 2012, burning about 53 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-01725 |
| 3 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 49 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | DEFIANCW |
| 17 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | D |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Barreville: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 7 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cary Plant & Portable Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crystal Lake Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Frams Material Co. Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Green Valley East Gate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Island Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Possum Run Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Raven Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Reiland Pit, Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rocky Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Grove | 0.2 miles | 17 | |
| Burtons Bridge | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Colby Point | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Terra Cotta | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Ferndale | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Holiday Hills | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Oakwood Hills | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Fox River Shores | 2.9 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122570699 | 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 403926. 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.