BlockColonial Meadows, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Bloomington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61704. The Survey maps it on the Bloomington East quadrangle.
On record in Colonial Meadows
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- US Army Aircraft C-53-DO-41-20124listed 1996 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1951 USGS Le Roy quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Bloomington East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Champaign quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Bloomington East quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
72,613 words on this townshipHistory of Bloomington and Normal, in McLean County, Illinois, published 1879; History of McLean County, Illinois, published 1924 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Bloomington City Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Bloomington City Township - 72,613 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Colonial Meadows: 3 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Baugh Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Market Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rowe Pit No. 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rowe Pit No.2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Hills | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Brokaw | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hedgewood | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Barnes | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Eagle Ridge | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| North Pointe | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Greenbriar | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bloomington | 3.7 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122542397 | 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 1822441. 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.