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Chatsworth, Illinois

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Chatsworth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60921. The Survey maps it on the Chatsworth North quadrangle. 1,185 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 735 feet above sea level.

Chatsworth within Livingston County

Population over time

2 figures

Chatsworth fell from 1,205 to 1,185 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,205
20201,185-20 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 printed sheets

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.

In the county-history sources

3,522 words on this township

The History of Livingston County, Illinois : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c. .., published 1878 names this settlement in its chapter on Chatsworth Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Chatsworth is situated on the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railway, about forty miles from State line, and seventy miles from the city of Peoria. It was surveyed and laid out by Nelson Buck, County Surveyor, June 8, 1859, for Zeno Secor and Cornelia Gilman of New York, who owned the land on which it is located. In 1853, the land was entered by Solomon Sturges, who, in 1857, conveyed it to Wm. H. Osborn, and Osborn and wife in turn conveyed it to Secor and Gilman. The original town occupied 160 acres of land, embracing the south half of the northwest quarter, and north half of the southwest quarter of Section 3. Since then several additions have been made to the original plat at different times. It has been organized as a village under the Incorporation act, and the first board of officers were Jacob Titus, E. A. Bangs, John S. McElhiny, W. W. Sears and Albert Tuttle. Jacob Titus was elected President of the Board, and George E. Esty. Village Clerk. At present its official board is as follows : John Young, President ; W. F. Dennis, A. M. Roberts, C. Spiecher, Samuel Crumpton and C Guenther; R. M. Spurgin, Clerk; W. H. Wakelin, Treasurer; J. M. Myers, Superintendent of Police, and T. S. Curran, Police Magistrate.

Passage source: The History of Livingston County, Illinois : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c. .., published 1878.

The first school house was built in 1858, on two lots donated by Osborn for school purposes. This was the first school house in both Chatsworth Township and the village. The present elegant school edifice was built in 1870. Two years ago additions Avere built to it, at a total cost of buildings and additions of ^11,000. It is a two-story frame building, with stone basement, and is finished ofi" in fine style. The teachers and Principal of the school for the year just closed* were as follows : Prof J. T. Dickinson, Principal ; Miss M. J. Speer. Grammar Department : Miss Brown. Miss Aiken and Mrs. Tuckerman : Mrs. Palmer, Primary Department.

Passage source: The History of Livingston County, Illinois : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c. .., published 1878.

A coal shaft Avas sunk near the village of Chatsworth, in 1867, by Capt. Beard, who had some connection at one time with the east shaft at Fairburv. A stock company was formed among the citizens of Chatsworth, of $10,000, but the stock was never all paid up. Enough, however, was collected to pay Beard for sinking the shaft, which was about 218 feet deep. The works were finally abandoned, upon the report of Beard that there was no prospect of coal. It is thought by some that a good vein of coal was found, but for some reason the fact was concealed, or at least never olficiall}^ reported. One of the men employed in the work said to some frieftds one day, that they passed through a vein of coal about five feet thick in sinking the Chatsworth shaft. Whether this is true or false, we are unable to say.

Passage source: The History of Livingston County, Illinois : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c. .., published 1878.

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 Chatsworth Township - it names this place 10 more 10 times.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chatsworth: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chatsworth Clay Shale PitClayPast Producer
Diller PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this place

36 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chatsworth in 36 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 5 flood, 3 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2000Thunderstorm WindChatsworth$150,000no account filed
June 2025FloodChatsworth-A cooperative observer reported minor flooding of rural roads near Chatsworth.
May 2024FloodChatsworth-Flooding of yards, fields and roadways was reported near Chatsworth. Rainfall of 3.30 inches was measured in 4.5 hours.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindChatsworth-Large tree limbs were blown down and large metal sheets were removed from a farm outbuilding.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindChatsworth-A COOP observer measured a 65 mph gust in Chatsworth. Numerous tree limbs were reported down including one about 4-5 inches in diameter than had fallen onto a car.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindChatsworth-Multiple live trees were reported down on Locust St and 5th St in Chatsworth. Time was estimated based on radar.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindChatsworth-A photo shared on social media showed a large but unhealthy tree that was blown down.
July 2022Heavy RainChatsworth-Rainfall of 3.00 inches was measured in one hour.
April 2022HailChatsworth-Hail ranged from pea to quarter size.
June 2021Tornado (EF0)Chatsworth-A tornado with peak winds of 85 mph touched down near 4th Street and Court Street in southern Chatsworth and moved northeast through the southeast side of town. Tree damage was found along the entire path. On 4th Street, a parked camper was blown over. On School Street, playground equipment and a fence were blown over and a garage door was blown in, causing the back of the garage to blow in and collapse. A garage door was damaged along Maple Street where the tornado ended.
June 2021Funnel CloudChatsworth-A funnel cloud was reported near Chatsworth.
January 2020FloodChatsworth-Minor flooding of agricultural fields was reported in the Chatsworth area.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindChatsworth-Widespread wind damage was reported in Chatsworth. Numerous large trees, utility poles and power lines were blown down. A shed was blown down, shingles were blown off a roof and a bean field was damaged.
July 2018Heavy RainChatsworth-Rainfall of 2.15 inches was measured in one hour and 15 minutes.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindChatsworth-Large branches downed with 1.37 inches of rain in 15 minutes.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindChatsworth-Trailer was blown over. Also a 10 inch diameter tree down on a carport.
June 2016Tornado (EF0)Chatsworth-At a residence one tenth of a mile to the east of N 3300 E Rd and E 1000 N Rd, there was a loss of wood or metal roof panels to a barn. The doors were also blown out. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph, and max width was 10 yards. (Tornado 14 of 15).
May 2013Thunderstorm WindChatsworth-Numerous trees were blown down. A semi was flipped over.
August 2007FloodChatsworth-Some secondary roads closed due to flooding.
April 2006FloodChatsworth-Street flooding was reported in Chatsworth after 2.70 inches of rain fell in one hour.
June 2006HailChatsworth-Nickel size hail was reported covering the ground.
July 2006Flash FloodChatsworth-Six inches of flowing water over streets in Chatsworth, where 4.90 inches of rain was measured.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindChatsworth-A roof was blown off a house and several Evergreen trees were uprooted.
July 2020HailChatsworth-no account filed
July 2019HailChatsworth-no account filed
March 2017HailChatsworth-no account filed
March 2016HailChatsworth-no account filed
May 2012HailChatsworth-no account filed
May 2011HailChatsworth-no account filed
April 2006HailChatsworth-no account filed
April 2006HailChatsworth-no account filed
July 2004HailChatsworth-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindChatsworth-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindChatsworth-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindChatsworth-no account filed
May 2000Tornado (F0)Chatsworth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Livingston County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cereal4.4 miles14
Charlotte4.6 miles13
Forrest6.3 miles13
Wing7.4 miles13
Risk8.3 miles14
Cullom8.7 miles13
Strawn8.9 miles14
Saxon (historical)11.3 miles13

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 ChatsworthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q575855The 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 405993. 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.