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Hartsburg, Illinois

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Orvil Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62643. The Survey maps it on the Emden quadrangle. 262 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 599 feet above sea level.

Hartsburg within Logan County

Population over time

2 figures

Hartsburg fell from 314 to 262 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.

YearPeople Change
2010314
2020262-52 (-17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

7,706 words on this township

History of Logan County, Illinois, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Person, and Biographies of Representative Citizens : Also a Condensed History of Illinois, Embodying Accounts of Prehistoric Races, Indian Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History, published 1886 names this settlement in its chapter on Orvil Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Orvil Township is in the north tier of townships, and is bounded on the north by Tazewell County. To the east lies Eminence Township, to the south, West Lincoln Township, and to the west, Prairie Creek Township. Sugar Creek flows along its southern border. The township is crossed diagonally by the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Pailroad, with two stations - Emden and Hartsburg - in this township. Much of the land in Orvil is owned by William Scully, of London, England, and is rented to tenants.

Passage source: History of Logan County, Illinois, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Person, and Biographies of Representative Citizens : Also a Condensed History of Illinois, Embodying Accounts of Prehistoric Races, Indian Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History, published 1886.

Peter Hamer is a native of Hanover, Germany, born December 10, 1852. After completing his education he clerked for a time in a wholesale grocery and liquor establishment. At the age of nineteen years he entered the German army and served one year, and in 1874 he emigrated to the United States. He first located at Freeport, and a year later went to Ackley, Iowa, and traveled for a firm dealing in agricultural implements. In 1879 he located at Hartsburg, Logan County, Illinois, and has since been engaged in the drug business in connection with his brother. In 1883 Mr. Hamer was married to Ellen McAvoy,'daugher of Daniel McAvoy. They have two children - Minnie and Frederick W. In politics Mr. Hamer is a Republican.

Passage source: History of Logan County, Illinois, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Person, and Biographies of Representative Citizens : Also a Condensed History of Illinois, Embodying Accounts of Prehistoric Races, Indian Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History, published 1886.

John A. Hogue, a son of William and Elizabeth Hogue, was' born February 14, 1837, in Belmont County, Ohio. His father died in 1840, leaving a family of six children, three sons and three daughters, and the mother subsequently married William Brady. John A. was reared on a farm in Ohio, and came to Logan County, Illinois, April 12, 1856. In 1861 he enlisted in Company F, Thirtyeighth Illinois Infantry, and served three year,s and two months. He was wounded at the battle of Stone Eiver, which disabled him from service for several months. He was again wounded at Chickamauga, after which he served in the commissary department. After being mustered out he returned to Logan County, and February 27, 1868, he was married to Mary J. Jackson, a daughter of William H. Jackson. In 1871 he gave up farming and engaged in general merchandising at Hartsburg, which business he still follows. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party. He has served three years as township supervisor, and has also acted as town clerk, and from 1873 till 1885 he held the office of postmaster. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. To Mr. and Mrs. Hogue have been born eight children, of whom seven survive - William James, Alice L., Lulu May, Theron Walter, Eobert Garfield, Addie and Carl E.

Passage source: History of Logan County, Illinois, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Person, and Biographies of Representative Citizens : Also a Condensed History of Illinois, Embodying Accounts of Prehistoric Races, Indian Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History, published 1886.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Orvil Township - it names this place 9 more 9 times.

Fires near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hartsburg in 2008, burning under an acre in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWACHTER

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Storms near this place

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hartsburg in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHartsburg$200,000Several power poles and antennas were blown down in Hartsburg. In addition, numerous homes experienced roof damage.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHartsburg$40,000Six power poles were blown down about 3 miles southwest of Hartsburg.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHartsburg$20,000Seven large trees were blown down, including one that was 18 inches in diameter.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindHartsburg$15,000A semi was blown over on I-155 at mile marker 4 just southwest of Hartsburg.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindHartsburg$15,000A semi was blown over on I-155 and the roof of a school was damaged near Hartsburg.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHartsburg$12,000Power lines were blown down in Hartsburg.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHartsburg$8,000A few large trees were blown down.
June 2019LightningHartsburg$1,000Lightning struck a tree, causing a small fire to develop.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHartsburg-Two semi trucks were blown over on I-155 near mile marker 3 south of Hartsburg.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindHartsburg-Two semis were flipped on I-155 near Hartsburg.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindHartsburg-The roof of a shed was damaged.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHartsburg-Eighteen inch tree limbs were blown down in the 300 block of west Pine Street.
May 2019FloodHartsburg-Heavy rain of 2.50 to 4.50 inches during the early morning hours of May 1st resulted in widespread flooding across much of Logan County. Multiple streets in Lincoln were flooded, and several rural roads were closed due to flowing water. Kickapoo Creek and Deer Creek both flooded out of their banks into fields and adjacent roads.
July 2004Tornado (F0)Hartsburg-A tornado briefly touched down in a field. No damage or injuries were reported.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Hartsburg-A tornado briefly touched down in a field about half a mile southeast of Hartsburg, crossed Illinois Route 121, then lifted. No damage was reported.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindHartsburg-Numerous power lines were blown down.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindHartsburg-Several large trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds estimated around 60 mph. One large tree was blown down on Highway 10 blocking both lanes near New Holland and another one fell onto a truck in Lincoln. No one was injured.
July 2023HailHartsburg-no account filed
August 2022HailHartsburg-no account filed
June 2019HailHartsburg-no account filed
April 2006HailHartsburg-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindHartsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Logan County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Emden4.0 miles14
Evans4.5 miles14
Union4.7 miles13
Bell4.9 miles15
Lucas5.5 miles13
Burton View6.0 miles15
Harness8.0 miles14
Lincoln8.1 miles14

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 HartsburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q956427The 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 409893. 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.

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.