BlockMidway, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Stonington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62567. The Survey maps it on the Stonington quadrangle. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1952 USGS Assumption quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Stonington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
5,541 words on this townshipHistory of Christian County, Illinois, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Stonington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Stonington Township - 5,541 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonington | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sandersville | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Old Stonington | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Osbernville | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Willeys | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Grove City | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Auburn | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Radford | 9.2 miles | 11 |
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 Q6843155 | 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 1747914. 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.