BlockKempside, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Nashville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62263. The Survey maps it on the Nashville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1931 USGS Hoyleton quadrangle1:48000
- 1932 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
22,407 words on this townshipHistory of Washington 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 Nashville Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Nashville Township - 22,407 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kempside: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Quarry #3 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Nashville City Eng. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Washington Co. Highway Department | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122597658 | 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 422868. 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.