North Caledonia, Illinois

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Caledonia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61011. The Survey maps it on the Caledonia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

North Caledonia within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1918 USGS Belvidere quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Belvidere quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of North Caledonia (historical): 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Grover Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Porter Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Cooling Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Genestra Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
H. Webster Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Peterson Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Porter Bros. Swanson Road Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Boone County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Caledonia	0.0 miles	14
Candlewick Lake	2.2 miles	14
Timberlane	2.9 miles	14
Poplar Grove	3.7 miles	14
Hunter	4.3 miles	12
Beaverton Crossroads	4.6 miles	12
Russellville	6.4 miles	14
Blaine	7.1 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1699780. 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.