BlockMills Prairie, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Salem No. 1 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62476. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Berryville quadrangle. It stands 427 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
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1911 USGS Sumner quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Sumner quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Berryville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Salem | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Bone Gap | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Samsville | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lexington (historical) | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Maple Grove | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Black | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Marion | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Piankashawtown (historical) | 8.3 miles | 8 |
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 Mills Prairie (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6859992 | 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 1808162. 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.