BlockKings, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1998. It stands in East Oakland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61943. The Survey maps it on the Brocton quadrangle. It stands 666 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1946 USGS Kansas quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Kansas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Brocton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Brocton quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,133 words on this townshipThe History of Coles County, Illinois ... Map of Coles County; History of Illinois ... History of Northwest ... Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, &c., &c, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on East Oakland Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on East Oakland Township - 2,133 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Rardin | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Bushton | 10.1 miles | 16 | |
| Ashmore | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Fairgrange | 12.1 miles | 16 | |
| Embarrass | 12.5 miles | 16 | |
| Charleston | 16.2 miles | 12 | |
| Humboldt | 18.4 miles | 13 |
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 Q6412854 | 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 422879. 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.