Lanton, Illinois

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Lovington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61937. The Survey maps it on the Hammond quadrangle.

Lanton within Moultrie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1955 USGS Bement quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1975 USGS Bement SE quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Hammond quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1998 USGS Hammond quadrangle1:24000

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lovington	3.9 miles	14
Williamsburg	4.0 miles	14
Ullrich	4.4 miles	14
Fairbanks	5.4 miles	14
Lake City	6.1 miles	11
Cadwell	7.5 miles	14
Cushman	7.6 miles	14
Chipps	9.4 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422898. 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.