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Ellsworth, Illinois

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Leyden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60707. The Survey maps it on the River Forest quadrangle.

Ellsworth within Cook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 printed sheets

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.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ellsworth: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Melrose Park City Eng. - Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Northlake City Eng. - Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
River Forest City Eng - Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cook County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Elmwood Park0.5 miles26
Montclare0.6 miles26
Galewood1.0 miles26
River Grove1.3 miles26
Western Dunning1.3 miles26
Dunning1.9 miles26
River Forest2.1 miles26
Schorsch2.2 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1737492. 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.