BlockBelltown, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in White Hall Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62092. It stands on Seminary Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roodhouse West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1924 USGS Roodhouse quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Roodhouse quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Roodhouse West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
37,197 words on this townshipHistory of Greene County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing a History of the County ; Its Cities, Towns, Etc. ; a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens ; War Record.., published 1879; Past and Present of Greene County, Illinois, published 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on White Hall Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on White Hall Township - 37,197 words.
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belltown in 1 storm report in 2022: 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belltown | $25,000 | Widespread wind damage across Greene County. In White Hall, numerous large tree limbs were blown down. Several of the limbs knocked down power lines. In Carrollton, a couple of large trees were snapped off near the base. In Greenfield, a large tree was snapped off and another tree was snapped off 4 miles northeast of Greenfield. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berdan | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pegram | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| White Hall | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Walkerville | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Carrollton | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Wrights | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Daum | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hanks Station | 6.2 miles | 12 |
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 Belltown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q940127 | 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 422455. 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.
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.