BlockConfidence, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Otego Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62418. It stands on Little Hickory Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brownstown quadrangle. It stands 571 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1945 USGS Kinmundy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Kinmundy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Brownstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Olney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
5,541 words on this townshipHistory of Fayette County, Illinois, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Otego Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Otego Township - 5,541 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilberton | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Loogootee | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Saint James | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Paul | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Brownstown | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Peter | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pinhook (historical) | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Avena | 5.8 miles | 13 |
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 Confidence | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5160066 | 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 422574. 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.