BlockModena, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Toulon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61491. It stands on Jack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elmira quadrangle. It stands 689 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1944 USGS Kewanee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kewanee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
81,618 words on this townshipDocuments and Biography Pertaining to the Settlement and Progress of Stark County, Illinois : Containing an Authentic Summary of Records, Documents, Historical Works and Newspapers Relating to Indian History, Original Settlement, Organization and Politics ..., published 1887 names this settlement in its chapter on Toulon Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Jitdge Miles Avery Fuller, son of Orange and Hepseh (Monroe Fuller, was born in Luzerne Co. Penn. April 25, 1822. His father w^as a native of Stockbridge, Mass., his mother, of New York; but both old settlers of Pennsylvania. In 1836 Orange Fuller and family of six sons came from their old home in the east and settled in Penn township where they engaged in farming and saw mill building. One daughter, Mrs. Lemuel S. Dorrance, marrieci in Penns34vania, came to this county in 1834. Miles A. Fuller engaged in agriculture and milling until his 31st year, he and a brother building the Modena Mills. In 1853 he w^as elected County Clerk on the Whig ticket by twenty-tw^o votes over his Democratic friend, Milton AVarren, and retUected in 1857, 1861 and 1865 without opposition on tlie Republican ticket. During his official terms he read law, was admitted to practice in 1862, and since 18(i9 has continuously practiced here. In 1875 he was commissioned Notary Public, which position he has since filled. In 1869 he was chosen delegate to the Constitutional Convention, with Henry W. Wells over Henry Grove and Martin Shallenberfier, the Democratic candidates. In 1870 he was elected representative in the State Legislature over James M. Rogers, and filled local offices of trust as related in the history of Toulon. He was a very active and useful supjiorter of the L'nion during the war, and was commissioner from Stark at Springfield, to inquii-e into the Military credits and debits of this county inconnection with the county's quotas of men. Mr. Fuller married Miss
Passage source: Documents and Biography Pertaining to the Settlement and Progress of Stark County, Illinois : Containing an Authentic Summary of Records, Documents, Historical Works and Newspapers Relating to Indian History, Original Settlement, Organization and Politics ..., published 1887.
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 Toulon Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Modena in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Modena | - | A tornado touched down in a field about 4 miles north of Wyoming in Stark County at 1:24 PM CDT. The tornado traveled northwestward for 0.9 miles before dissipating 4.8 miles north-northwest of Wyoming at 1:26 PM CDT. No damage was reported. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Modena | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waldron (historical) | 0.6 miles | 10 | |
| Castleton | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Elmira | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wyoming | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Osceola | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Toulon | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Bradford | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lombardville | 8.1 miles | 12 |
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 Modena | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6888450 | 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 413696. 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.
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.