Georgetown, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Macomb City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61455. It lies near Wigwam Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Macomb quadrangle. 368 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 604 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGeorgetown fell from 404 to 368 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 404 | |
| 2020 | 368 | -36 (-9%) |
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.
- 1912 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Georgetown in 2008, burning about 44 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 45 |
| 30 May 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 27 |
| 5 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | SILBERER |
| 14 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BROWN |
| 14 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 11 |
| 15 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | KIRBY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Georgetown: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcdonough Hwy Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Colchester Brick & Tile Co.Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Colchester Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Valentine Welch & Booz Pit | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamone Village | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| East Village | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| University Village | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Little Ireland (historical) | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Macomb | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Colchester | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Ragtown (historical) | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Spring Creek Settlement (historical) | 6.2 miles | 16 |
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 Georgetown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5546952 | 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 2633173. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.









