BlockGilletts, Illinois
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in New Lenox Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60451. It stands on Marley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mokena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1890 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Mokena quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
922 words on this townshipHistory of Will County Illinois, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on New Lenox Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on New Lenox Township - 922 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lincolnwood Hills | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Steele | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| New Lenox | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Brisbane | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Marley | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Mokena | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Rolling Glen | 3.4 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 409023. 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.