Busenville, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Georgetown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61846. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1947 USGS Ridge Farm quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
29,804 words on this townshipHistory of Vermilion County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, Private and Official Correspondence, and Other Authentic, Though, for the Most Part, Out-of-the-way Sources, published 1879; 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.
The chapter on Georgetown Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Georgetown Township - 29,804 words.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steelton | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Georgetown | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Midway | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Unionville | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Olivet | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Westville | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Vermilion Grove | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Meeks | 4.9 miles | 16 |
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 Q122545995 | 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 405281. 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.






