Colonial Acres, Illinois

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.

• 1890 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
• 1894 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
• 1900 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
• 1901 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
• 1929 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
• 1953 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000
• 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
• 1963 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
• 1993 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000
• 1998 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Colonial Acres: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Will County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2355642. 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.