BlockGaslight Village, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Wauponsee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60450. It stands on Spring Run. The Survey maps it on the Morris quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1892 USGS Morris quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Morris quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Morris quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Morris quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Morris quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,645 words on this townshipHistory of Grundy County, Illinois : Containing a History from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... , Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers, Prominent Men, Etc, published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wauponsee Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wauponsee Township - 3,645 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Gaslight Village: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grundy City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Morris City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Morris Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Morris Sand & Gravel Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Morris Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claypool | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Claypool Woods | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Pebble Beach | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Grove | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Meadow Estates | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Morris | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Willow Ridge | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Richards Park | 1.7 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1811048. 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.