BlockFair Haven, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fairhaven Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61014. The Survey maps it on the Fair Haven quadrangle. It stands 787 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 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 Dixon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fair Haven quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
950 words on this townshipThe History of Carroll County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County-its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory ... War Record ... Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... History of the Northwest ... Illinois ... Miscellaneous Matters, Etc, published 1878 names this settlement in its chapter on Fairhaven Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
GOEDIXG JAS. Farmer; Sec. 20; P. O. Fair Haven; born in England, Dec. 30, 1828; came to the U. S. and^'tn this Co. in Dec, 1852; owns 140 acres land; married Miss Annie Grant, June 17, 1852; she was born in Inverness, Scotland, in June, 1829; they have one son and one daughter: Sarah, born in this Co., Feb. 13, 1854; Wm., May 28, 1856; was School Director a number of years.
Passage source: The History of Carroll County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County-its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory ... War Record ... Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... History of the Northwest ... Illinois ... Miscellaneous Matters, Etc, published 1878.
GRADDY T. B. Farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Fair Haven; born in Nova Scotia, in 1812; came to the U. S. and this Co. in 1871; owns 127 acres land; married Miss Rebecca Stephens, in 1846; she was born in the same place, in 1825; they have five sons and three daughters: John, born Sept. 15, 1847; James, Sept. 16, 1849;
Passage source: The History of Carroll County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County-its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory ... War Record ... Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... History of the Northwest ... Illinois ... Miscellaneous Matters, Etc, published 1878.
SHITI^ER W. W. Pastor of Zion Church; Sec. 38; P. O. Fair Haven; born in Clinton Co., Pa., in 1840; came to this Co. in 1854; took charge of the above church, April 1, 187(i; has been married twice; tirst wife was Miss Julia Saterlee; she was born in Stephenson Co., 111.; she died in 1865 ; married again to Elizabeth E. Irwin: she was also born in this state; they have four children: Ellen B., born April 10, 1864, by first wife; Ida M., Aug. 4, 1867 ; Gertrude, May 15, 1871 ; Margaret, April 2, 1875, by second wife.
Passage source: The History of Carroll County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County-its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory ... War Record ... Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... History of the Northwest ... Illinois ... Miscellaneous Matters, Etc, published 1878.
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 Fairhaven Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ideal | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Chadwick | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Argo Fay | 6.2 miles | 21 | |
| Daggett (historical) | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Milledgeville | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Thomson | 9.1 miles | 18 | |
| Burke | 9.2 miles | 21 | |
| Ebner | 9.5 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q5429817 | 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 408173. 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.