Midway, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Georgetown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61883. The Survey maps it on the Danville SW quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1899 USGS Danville quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Danville quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1949 USGS Danville SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Danville SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Danville SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
29,804 words on this townshipHistory of Vermilion County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, Private and Official Correspondence, and Other Authentic, Though, for the Most Part, Out-of-the-way Sources, published 1879; History of Vermilion County, Illinois : a Tale of Its Evolution, Settlement, and Progress for Nearly a Century, published 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Georgetown Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Georgetown Township - 29,804 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unionville | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Westville | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Steelton | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Himrod | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Kellyville | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Georgetown | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Busenville | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Meeks | 3.0 miles | 16 |
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6843235 | 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 413520. 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.









