BlockMonterey, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Banner Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61520. The Survey maps it on the Banner quadrangle. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1930 USGS Glasford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Glasford quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Banner quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
In the county-history sources
3,450 words on this townshipHistory of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Banner Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Centennial Chapel 31. E. Church. - The church building of this congregation, which is located at Monterey, was erected in 1876. Among those who gave most liberally toward its erection were John W. Johnson, J. Addis, Simon Addis^ Jacob Weaver, Wm. Turner.
Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.
John ir. Johnson, fanner, Monterey; P. ()., Canton, 111. His parents, Abraham and Martha (Crawford) Johnson, were natives of Pennsylvania ; she died in Jan., 1840, and he in Aug., 1871. John W., born in W. Va., came to Buckheart townshij) in March, 1857, then to the place where he now resides. He has been Commissioner of Highways and is now Su})ervisor. In 18(50 he married Miss E. J. Johnson, of l^uckheart township, who was born in 1840 in Washington Co., Penn. Their children are Patience Emma, born in 1862 ; Albert Wilber, born in 1864 and died in 1869 ; and Anthony Edgar, born in Fcl)., 18()S. Methodist Protestant. Republican. Owns 112 acres of land.
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 Banner Township - it names this place 4 more 4 times.
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monterey in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monterey | - | Small tree limbs broken. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monterey | - | A tree was snapped several feet off the ground. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Monterey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breeds | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Banner | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Rawalts | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Village Square | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| East Lawndale | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Prospect Heights Addition | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Canton | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Dunfermline | 5.3 miles | 19 |
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 Monterey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6905275 | 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 413742. 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.