BlockCharlotte, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Charlotte Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60921. The Survey maps it on the Chatsworth North quadrangle. It stands 659 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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 Cullom quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Cullom quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Chatsworth North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Chatsworth North quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
53 words on this townshipHistorical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Livingston County, Vol. 2 by Strawn, Johnson, and Franzen (1909)., published 1909 names this settlement in its chapter on Charlotte Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Charlotte is on a branch of the Illinois Central road. The village is located midway between Chatsworth and Cullom. It has not grown to any great extent in recent years. There ls a general store conducted by Sterrenberg & Son, a blacksmith shop and two elevators. It has about a population of fifty.
Passage source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Livingston County, Vol. 2 by Strawn, Johnson, and Franzen (1909)., published 1909.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Charlotte: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatsworth Clay Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Diller Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charlotte in 1 storm report in 2000: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotte | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cullom | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Chatsworth | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Wing | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Saxon (historical) | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sullivan Center (historical) | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Griswold | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Saunemin | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Forrest | 8.0 miles | 13 |
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 Charlotte | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19460942 | 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 405985. 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.
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.