BlockOil Center, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Oblong Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62454. The Survey maps it on the Stoy quadrangle. It stands 495 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1910 USGS Hardinville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Stoy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,216 words on this townshipILLINOIS HISTORICAL CRAWFORD COUNTY, published 1909 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Oblong Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Oblong Township - 1,216 words.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoy | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hardinville | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Oblong | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Pierceburg | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| New Hebron | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Robinson | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Green Brier | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Villas | 6.3 miles | 13 |
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 Oil Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7081296 | 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 423034. 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.