BlockMarkham City, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Webber Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62814. The Survey maps it on the Bluford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1947 USGS Wayne City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Bluford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
4,763 words on this townshipHistory of Jefferson County, Illinois, published 1883; Wall's History of Jefferson County, Illinois, published 1909 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Webber Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Webber Township - 4,763 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluford | 0.2 miles | 10 | |
| Marlow | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Lynchburg (historical) | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pigeon (historical) | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Camp Ground | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Opdyke | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Harmony | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Belle Rive | 6.8 miles | 10 |
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 Q122557910 | 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 1705854. 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.