BlockHughes, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Shiloh Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61917. It stands on Shiloh Number 2 Drain. The Survey maps it on the Newman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Newman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Newman quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Newman quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Shiloh township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
War History And Record
The first engagement the regiment participated in was Lay's Ferry and Rome Cross Roads, 13th, 14th and 15th May, losing 2 killed and 21 wounded. May 27, assisted in repulsing a heavy night attack on Dallas. June 2, left the line and swung around toward Lost Mountain and Ackworth. June 1U, passed through Ackworth and Big- Shanty.
In the county-history sources
14,264 words on this townshipThe History of Edgar County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County--its Cities, Towns, &c. : Directory of Its Tax-payers; War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; General and Local Statistics; Map of Edgar County; History of Illinois, Illustrated; History of the Northwest, Illustrated; Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, &c., &c. Illustrated, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Shiloh Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Shiloh Township - 14,264 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422829. 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.