BlockDenver, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Harmony Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62321. The Survey maps it on the Bentley quadrangle.
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.
- 1933 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Bentley quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Keokuk quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
6,358 words on this townshipHistory of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Harmony Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Township 4 - 6, with a harmonious name, is seven-eighths prairie-land, there being a few sections of partly broken and roughtimbered land on the head-waters of Bronson's creek, and another small body on another tributary of Crooked creek. A portion of tliis township is rich flat prairie, valuable for meadow; and a large part is sufficiently rolling for corn and grain. It has flne farms, and some rich and enterprising farmers. This township, being so largely prairie, was not settled as early as the townships surrounding it. It contains two villages on the T., W. & W. railroad, Bentley and Denver, both small places but doing considerable local business.
Passage source: History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880.
H. H. BJack, physician and surgeon, Denver; was born in Todd county', Ky., in 1810, the son of James Black, a farmer now of Denver. The Doctor graduated in 1865 at the Northwestern Christian University (now called Butler University), with honor, and Feb. 28, 1878, he received a diploma from the Indiana Medical College. Dr. Black was a diligent and determined student, and his efforts for a high standard of qualification for his work have been attended with success. Nov. IS, 1869, he was united in marriage with Sarah Jane Kelley, and they iiave had 5 children, 3 of whom are living. The}' are both members of the Christian Church, in
Passage source: History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880.
Denver, and he is a Republican. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. E., 71st 111. Vol. Inf., under Captain Parker, and served during his term. He commenced the practice of medicine in Indianapolis, Iiid., in 1878, with Dr. John A. Campbell, under whom he continued his studies of the healing art.
Passage source: History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Harmony Township - it names this place 13 more 13 times.
Fires near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Denver in 2003, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 October 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Denver in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denver | - | Tree limbs snapped and a sheet metal roof blown off a shed. The time was estimated from radar data. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denver | - | Farm equipment blown into a ditch. Time was estimated from radar data. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Denver | - | Water from a nearby creek flowed over a bridge, and was around a foot deep in places. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denver | - | Sheets of metal peeled off an outbuilding. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denver | - | Sustained wind speed to 75 mph were reported. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Denver | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Denver | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Denver | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bowen | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| West Point | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Chili | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Basco | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Stillwell | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Middle Creek | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Carthage | 8.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 407135. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.