Horton, Illinois

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Atlas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62356. It stands on Horton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockport quadrangle.

Horton within Pike County

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.

1931 USGS Barry quadrangle1:62500
1936 USGS Barry quadrangle1:48000
1936 USGS Barry quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Barry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1978 USGS Rockport quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1991 USGS Rockport quadrangle1:24000

In the county-history sources

66 words on this township

History of Pike County. A Centennial Address Delivered by Hon. William A. Grimshaw, at Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois, July 4, 1876, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Atlas Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Atlas Township - 66 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Horton: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
New Hartford Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Horton Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Kiser Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pike 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rockport	2.9 miles	14
El Dara	4.4 miles	11
Taylor	4.7 miles	11
New Canton	5.2 miles	14
Moores (historical)	5.3 miles	19
Atlas	5.6 miles	11
Summer Hill	6.8 miles	11
New Hartford	7.1 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1747243. 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.