BlockOil Grove, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Montgomery Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62427. The Survey maps it on the Birds quadrangle. It stands 558 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1917 USGS Birds quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Birds quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Birds quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,452 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 Montgomery Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Montgomery Township - 1,452 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oil Grove: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodhope Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawfordsville (historical) | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Flat Rock | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Morea | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Heathsville | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Villas | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Duncanville | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Port Jackson | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Richwoods | 8.0 miles | 15 |
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 Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7081333 | 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 423035. 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.