BlockLongview Place, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Decatur Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62521. The Survey maps it on the Decatur quadrangle.
On record in Longview Place
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Wabash Railroad Station and Railway Express Agencylisted 1994 · 0.3 miles away
Transfer Houselisted 2002 · 0.6 miles away
Decatur Downtown Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
Roosevelt Junior High Schoollisted 2002 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1929 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Decatur township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Inlet Pipe
It was deemed necessary, as a precautionary measure, to connect the reservoir directly with the river, so that if, in case of a long protracted fire or drought, or any other unforeseen emergency, the water should fail to filter into the reservoir fast enough to supply the demand, access to the river could still be had by such connection ; consequently a 24-inch cast iron conduit pipe, provided with a Ludlow Gate, was laid from about the center of the current of the river into the reservoir, resting on the river bed and falling one foot in 110 feet to the reservoir.
In the county-history sources
721,469 words on this townshipHistory of Macon County, Illinois, from Its Organization to 1876, published 1876; History of Macon County, Illinois : with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1880; Past and Present of the City of Decatur and Macon County, Illinois, published 1903; City of Decatur and Macon County, Illinois : a Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, published 1910 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Decatur Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Decatur Township - 721,469 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Longview Place: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macon County Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Chastain Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Decatur Sand & Gravel Dredge No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit #2 Decatur Hydraulic | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decatur | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Larkdale | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Faries Park (historical) | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Wyckles | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Wyckles Corners | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bearsdale | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Turpin | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sangamon | 4.9 miles | 14 |
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 Q122544367 | 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 1986501. 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.