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Oakcrest, Illinois

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marshall Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62441. The Survey maps it on the Marshall quadrangle. It stands 594 feet above sea level.

Oakcrest within Clark County

On record in Oakcrest

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 8 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Oakcrest: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beacon Shale ExposureClayProspect
Clark County Pit 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clark County Pit 3Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Geisert Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Marshall0.9 miles15
Fox Run2.0 miles15
Golf Lakes2.5 miles15
Livingston3.6 miles15
Clark Center4.2 miles17
Adenmoor4.9 miles17
Ernst5.1 miles15
Griffin (historical)5.1 miles15

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.

Wikidata item Q7073784The 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 1785506. 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.