Combs, 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.

• 1937 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:62500
• 1937 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:48000
• 1943 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
• 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
• 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
• 1979 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:24000
• 1985 USGS Champaign quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
• 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000

History of Piatt County; Together with a Brief History of Illinois from the Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time, published 1883; Past and Present of Piatt County, Illinois : Together with Biographical Sketches of Many Prominent and Influential Citizens, published 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Combs: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Piatt 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 422571. 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.