Bethel, Illinois

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.

• 1947 USGS Ridge Farm quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
• 1955 USGS Humrick quadrangle1:24000
• 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
• 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
• 1965 USGS Humrick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

History of Vermilion County, Illinois : a Tale of Its Evolution, Settlement, and Progress for Nearly a Century, published 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bethel: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Vermilion County

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

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 404261. 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.