BlockHarmony, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Farrington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62814. The Survey maps it on the Harmony quadrangle. It stands 541 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1933 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:48000
- 1933 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Harmony quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
2,209 words on this townshipHistory of Jefferson County, Illinois, published 1883; Wall's History of Jefferson County, Illinois, published 1909 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Farrington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Farrington Township - 2,209 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pigeon (historical) | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Divide | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Stratton | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Camp Ground | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Shields | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Texico | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Marlow | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Bluford | 6.4 miles | 10 |
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 Harmony | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5659397 | 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 422782. 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.