BlockMcCall, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62321. The Survey maps it on the Carthage West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1933 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Carthage West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Keokuk quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
7,131 words on this townshipHistory of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Prairie Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
William N. McCall, farmer and grain dealer, is a son of Eobert S. and Jemima (Nelson) McCall, natives of Tennessee, both deceased. He was born in Washington county, Tenn., in 1817; he was married in Virginia in 1845, to Miss Sarah S. Lyon, a native of the same State; he moved to this county in 1851, and upon his present estate the following year. His farm consists of 244 acres, valued at $40 per acre. Mr. McCall has served as Supervisor, Assessor, Town Clerk and Postmaster at '* McCall's" station, named in honor of him ; he has also been Justice of the Peace seven years, and is now tilling his second term in that ofiice. Of his 11 children 9 are living: Robert F., Amanda L., John W., Florence E., George W., Tennessee A., Wm. H., David B. and Charles W. Mr. McCall is a Democrat.
Passage source: History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880.
Thomas McFarland was born in Clermont county, O., in May, 1837; his parents were John and Phoebe (Smith) McFarland, natives also of Ohio, the first of Scotch-Irish descent and the last of German ancestry. They came in 1842, to Adams county, 111., where Mr. McF. now lives, his wife having died there in 1844. Thomas was educated in Hancock county common schools and the seminary at Warsaw; at the age of 25 he rented land and put in 30 acres of corn. The following year he bought 65 acres more of land east of Carthage, where he lived one year. He then went to Idaho and Colorado, where he followed mining, etc., for eight months; returning, he bought 60 acres of land in Carthage tp. ; one year afterward he moved to McCall's station, where he bought 80 ncres; then moved two miles south and bought 160 acres, N. W.
Passage source: History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880.
William Stewart, farmer, sec. 9; P. O., McCall Station ; is a native of Ireland, where he was horn in 1815. He was married in Scotland in 1834, to Miss Elizabeth Taylor, a native of that country. The following year they crossed the sea to America, and located in Steubenville, O., where he resided until he moved to his present home in 1S67. His farm ot 250 acres is valued at $50 per acre. This he has secured by his untiring energy, industry and economy. When he stepped upon the "land of the free" he had not a dollar to his name. He is the father of 12 children, 8 of whom are living - Sarah. William, Jane, Thomas, Mary, John, Catharine and Martin. In politics Mr. S. voted with the old-line Whigs, and now strongly endorses the Kepublican administration.
Passage source: History of Hancock County, Illinois, Together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws, published 1880.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of McCall between 2003 and 2004, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 19 October 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 McCall: 3 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mo-Mac Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Wright Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Carthage City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hancock City Pit | Stone | 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.
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 McCall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q60742102 | 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 422958. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.