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Fayette, Illinois

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rockbridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62044. The Survey maps it on the Greenfield quadrangle.

Fayette within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

In the county-history sources

4,242 words on this township

History of Greene County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing a History of the County ; Its Cities, Towns, Etc. ; a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens ; War Record.., published 1879; Past and Present of Greene County, Illinois, published 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Rockbridge Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Rockbridge Township - 4,242 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Greenfield3.5 miles11
Rockbridge4.4 miles11
Kahm5.7 miles12
Wrights8.4 miles12
Daum8.6 miles12
Athensville9.5 miles11
Jalapa11.3 miles12
Pegram13.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 408306. 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.