Greenup, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Greenup Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62428. It stands on Bell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Greenup quadrangle. 1,365 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 594 feet above sea level.
On record in Greenup
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Greenup Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresGreenup fell from 1,513 to 1,365 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 | 1,513 | |
| 2020 | 1,365 | -148 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1940 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:24000
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 Greenup: 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Greenup Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Oak Chapel Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Toledo City Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenup in 24 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Hail | Greenup | $200,000 | The hail caused roof, siding, and vehicle damage. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenup | $18,000 | Numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down in Greenup. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenup | $5,000 | A large tree was blown down onto powerlines south of Greenup. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenup | $2,000 | A large walnut tree was blown down. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenup | - | Several trees were snapped or blown down in Greenup. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenup | - | A couple small outbuildings were damaged and several large tree branches were blown down. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenup | - | A large tree limb was blown onto power lines. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Greenup | - | Water was flowing across Route 130. |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Greenup | - | A tornado touched down about 3.4 miles east-northeast of Greenup just south of I-70 at 5:40 PM CDT. The tornado tracked south-southeastward, eventually crossing U.S. 40 near the intersection of County Road 1975 East. Minor crop damage occurred before the tornado dissipated at 5:43 PM CDT. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenup | - | Several oak trees blown down near Greenup. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenup | - | A few large tree limbs blown down. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenup | - | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenup | - | A large tree was blown down on Illinois Route 130 at the junction with Hazel Dell Road. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenup | - | Several power lines were blown down in 5 miles northeast of Greenup. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenup | - | A historic ice cream stand was destroyed by the thunderstorm winds in Greenup. No damage estimate was available. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenup | - | A tree was blown down causing damage to the roof of a church on Route 40 one mile east of Greenup. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Greenup | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Greenup | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Greenup | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Greenup | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Greenup | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Greenup | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Greenup | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Greenup | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dees | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty Hill | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Walla Walla | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Timothy | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Toledo | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Jewett | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Vevay Park | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Maple Point | 6.4 miles | 12 |
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 Greenup | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1885986 | 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 409442. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






