BlockHoward, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61441. The Survey maps it on the Ipava quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1918 USGS Vermont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1921 USGS Vermont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Ipava quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Vermont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
6,073 words on this townshipHistory of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Pleasant Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Pleasant Township - 6,073 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ipava | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Otto (historical) | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Beaty | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Duncan Mills | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Summum | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Bernadotte (historical) | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Enion | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Leesburg | 6.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1802182. 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.