Emerson, Illinois

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hopkins Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61081. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Como quadrangle.

Emerson within Whiteside County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1934 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:62500
1934 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:48000
1940 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Como quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

In the county-history sources

6,659 words on this township

Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois : Containing Full-page Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and of the Presidents of the United States, published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Hopkins Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The first marriage occurred in 1840, Isaac H. Brittle and Jane Scott being the contracting parties. On the toth day of November, 1841, a double weddin g occurred - Win field S. Wil kinson and Frances E. Sampson, and Frank dishing and Mary D. Breed.

Passage source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois : Containing Full-page Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and of the Presidents of the United States, published 1885.

By whom the first religious services were held is unknown, but it is quite probable that Rev. B. H. Cartwright was among the first. Clement C. Nance also preached at an early day. The first house of worship was erected at Como by the Congregationalists in 1854.

Miss Higby has the honor of teaching the first school in 1840 at Round Grove. The first schoolhouse was erected at Como, in 1842. The educa- ^ tional interests of the township have kept pace with its improvement in other respects.

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 Hopkins Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.

Fires near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Emerson in 2018, burning about 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2

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
2 May 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	18-369
18 May 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	18-414

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whiteside County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Emerson: 6 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Emerson Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Plant
L. Deets Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Como Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Mccue Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Nelson Sand & Gravel Pit #2 &	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Propheter Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Propheter Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Rock Falls Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Plant
Whiteside Blacktop Company Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Whiteside 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Grimes Addition	1.0 miles	12
Galt	1.2 miles	11
Douglas Park	1.8 miles	12
Agnew	2.3 miles	11
Como	2.7 miles	11
Sterling	3.8 miles	12
Rock Falls	4.4 miles	12
Round Grove	5.9 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 407990. 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.

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.