BlockMilton, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Montezuma Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62352. The Survey maps it on the Milton quadrangle. 214 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 666 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMilton fell from 271 to 214 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 271 | |
| 2020 | 214 | -57 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1924 USGS Griggsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1926 USGS Griggsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Milton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
547 words on this townshipWith The Colors in Pike County, Illinois, published 1920 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Montezuma Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Montezuma Township - 547 words.
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 Milton: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pike County Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milton in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2016: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Milton | - | The thunderstorm that produced the small tornado near Independence produced another small tornado in Milton. Two garage doors and an awning from a hours were damaged. A number of large tree limbs were also down in town. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some large tree limbs and power lines. The local power company reported that 170 out of the 174 customers lost power. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | - | The County Sheriff reported trees down in the Milton area. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Milton | - | A small tornado downed trees southeast of Milton before crossing the Illinois River into Scott County. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Milton | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Milton | - | no account filed |
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 Milton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1938903 | 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 413632. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.