BlockLemmon, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Auburn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62615. The Survey maps it on the Virden North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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.
- 1924 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Virden North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Virden North quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
22,350 words on this townshipHistory of Sangamon County, Illinois; Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships ... Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Auburn Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Auburn Township - 22,350 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Heights | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Thayer | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lowder | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Compro | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Auburn | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Irwins Park | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Divernon | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cimic | 8.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422907. 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.