BlockFranks, Illinois
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Somonauk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60548. The Survey maps it on the Somonauk quadrangle. It stands 725 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1948 USGS Sandwich quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Sandwich quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Somonauk quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
3,260 words on this townshipPortrait and Biographical Album of DeKalb County, Illinois : Containing Full-page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County : Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and of the Presidents of the United States : Also Containing a History of the County, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, published 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Somonauk Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Somonauk Township - 3,260 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Franks: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinckley | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Somonauk | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sandwich | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Waterman | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Shabbona Grove | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| McGirr | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Afton Center | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Shabbona | 11.2 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Franks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5492236 | 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 422711. 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.