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Coalton, Illinois

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60942. The Survey maps it on the Ambia quadrangle.

Coalton within Vermilion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

30,917 words on this township

History 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 Grant Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Grant Township - 30,917 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Heaton1.5 miles12
Cheneyville2.5 miles12
College Corners2.6 miles12
Hoopeston4.8 miles12
Rossville5.6 miles12
Rossville Junction5.9 miles12
Village of Alvan (Alvin)8.6 miles13
Barlow Park8.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422567. 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.