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Lisbon, Illinois

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Big Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60541. The Survey maps it on the Lisbon quadrangle. 271 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Lisbon within Kendall County

Population over time

2 figures

Lisbon fell from 285 to 271 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010285
2020271-14 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

86 words on this township

History of Kendall County, Illinois, from the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Big Grove Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Big Grove Township - 86 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lisbon: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Central Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unamed Limetone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Valley Run StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Kendall County

Storms near this place

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lisbon in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Tornado (EF1)Lisbon-A tornado with estimated peak winds of 110 mph touched down just east of Ashley Road about halfway between Sherrill Road and Whitewillow Road. The tornado moved east northeast producing sporadic tree damage until it crossed County Line Road and moved into Will County, just south of Mound Road.
May 2023HailLisbon-A photo shared on social media showed hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter. Location was estimated. Time was based on the timestamp on the photo.
July 2023Tornado (EF0)Lisbon-A brief EF-0 tornado touched down in corn fields just east of Highway 47 and north of Whitewillow Rd east of Lisbon. It was on the ground for only a short time before lifting at Whitewillow Rd and Ashley Rd. Damage was confined to crops and a few trees which had large limbs broken off. High resolution satellite data showed a clear path in a corn field that corresponded to damage seen during an in-person damage survey, east of a tornado that lifted to the west. A gap in damage was noted between the tornado to the west and this tornado, giving confidence there were two separate tornadoes.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindLisbon-A trained spotter reported a measured gust to 72 mph.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindLisbon-Numerous tree limbs up to four inches in diameter were blown down. Corn crops were blown down south of Lisbon.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLisbon-A tree was blown down across Route 52.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLisbon-A tree was reported down near the intersection of Lisbon Road and Route 52.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLisbon-A gust to 60 mph was estimated along Ridge Road in southeast Kendall County.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindLisbon-Trees were blown down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLisbon-no account filed
June 2010HailLisbon-no account filed
October 2006HailLisbon-no account filed
October 2006HailLisbon-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLisbon-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLisbon-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLisbon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kendall 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
Central2.6 miles18
Lisbon Center3.9 miles12
Helmar4.4 miles12
Kentland5.2 miles12
White Willow (historical)5.2 miles18
Plattville6.4 miles12
Newark6.6 miles10
Knob Hill8.3 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on LisbonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1839979The 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 412261. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.