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Lakeview, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Chouteau Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62048. The Survey maps it on the Wood River quadrangle.

Lakeview within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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.

In the county-history sources

26 words on this township

Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and Its People, 1812 to 1912, published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Chouteau Township covers natural features, early settlement, early land claims entered, pioneer hardships, pleasures and dangers, education and religion, first mill and store.

Read the chapter on Chouteau Township - 26 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Shell Oil Wood River RefinerySulfurPlant
Wood City PitStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Oldenburg1.0 miles24
Brooks1.7 miles24
Poag2.3 miles24
South Roxana2.4 miles24
Hartford2.5 miles24
Mitchell2.6 miles24
Saint Thomas3.1 miles24
Cedar Park3.2 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422892. 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.