BlockMidway, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Young Hickory Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61544. The Survey maps it on the Fairview quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1912 USGS Canton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,168 words on this townshipHistory of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Young Hickory Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The first school-house in the township was upon section 36 in 1835, and the first teacher was Mr. Barnes. There is no regularly surveyed town in Young Hickory, yet Midway is a little village of about forty inhabitants, and is situated upon sections 2 and 11. It contains a store, blacksmith-shop and pdsttjffice. London Mills is also another ])ostotiice in this township. It is located upon the northwest quarter of section 3. In it are two stores and a blacksmith-shop.
Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.
R. W. Combs was born in Greenbrier county, Va., Nov. 22,1796; came to Fulton county, in 1835; in younger days he worked at the wagon-maker's trade, but has generally followed flirming; owns 395 acres of land; lives on sec. 1 ; P. ()., Midway; was Justice of the Peace 16 years, has been School Director and Assessor; marrie(J Martha Parker June 4, 1818; has had 6 boys and 4 girls, of whom 3 are dead and the rest married.
Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.
G. \V. Shreves 'was born in Bedford Co., Pa., Feb. 13, 1831, son of Samuel and Abigail (Cook); came to the county in 1854; js a prosperous farmer on sec. 12, owning 180 acres; has been School Director and Road Commissioner; in 1854 he married Isabel Anderson, and they had 2 boys and 2 girls; 2d wife, Caroline Suodgrass, whom he married in 1866. P. O., Midway.
Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Young Hickory Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Midway (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glaser Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lawrence Downing Gravel Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Mills | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Troy (historical) | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ellisville | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasant Ridge (historical) | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Fairview | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Bybee | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Middlegrove | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Babylon | 9.3 miles | 17 |
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 Midway (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6843176 | 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 1802231. 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.