BlockClarmin, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lively Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62257. The Survey maps it on the Tilden quadrangle. It stands 502 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1914 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Tilden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
974 words on this townshipHistory of Washington County, Illinois, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Lively Grove Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Lively Grove Township - 974 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biddleborn | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Caspars | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lively Grove | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| McKinley | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Elkton | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Stone Church | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Oakdale | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| Johannisburg | 11.5 miles | 11 |
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 Clarmin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5127711 | 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 406179. 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.