BlockGeneva Road, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Winfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60185. The Survey maps it on the West Chicago quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1908 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS West Chicago quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS West Chicago quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS West Chicago quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS West Chicago quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,392 words on this townshipHistory Of Dupage County (1857), published 1857 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Winfield Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Winfield Township - 2,392 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Geneva Road: 3 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zonolite Chicago Plant | Vermiculite | Plant | ||
| East Riverdale Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Warrenville Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dupage City Hwy. Dept. Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Ellyn City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Wheaton City Pit | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewell Road | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Winfield | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Carol Stream | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Prince Crossing | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Gretna | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| West Chicago | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Wheaton | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Ingalton | 3.0 miles | 20 |
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 Q122568462 | 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 421817. 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.