BlockOld Pearl, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pearl Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62361. It stands on Old Pearl Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Pearl West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Pearl quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Pearl quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Pearl West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
338 words on this townshipWith The Colors in Pike County, Illinois, published 1920 names this settlement in its chapter on Pearl Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The first work done by the Pearl Unit of the Women's Committee, C. N. D., was the registration of women. Nov. 6-7 were registration days, and 286 women were signed up for war work. The registrars were: Miss Bess Stathem, Miss Bess Chandler, Miss Edna Boren, Mrs. Prudence Wetzel and Mrs. Elfie Stathem. The unit was organized soon after this, with the following department chairmen: Registration, Mrs. Zulah G. Thurmon; Conservation, Mrs. Zilfa Lacy; Child Welfare, Mrs. Lou Foiles and Mrs. Kate Meisenbach ; Courses of Instruction, Miss Eloise Meisenbach; Food Production, Mrs. Ada Ferguson; Information, Mrs. Captola Lewis; Publicity, Mrs. Fannie Hayden; Recreation for Girls, Mrs. Effie Dennison; War Savings and Liberty Loan, Mrs. Zulah G. Thurmon; Americanization, Mrs. Lydia Lucas; Allied Relief, Miss Pauline Knox; Soldiers of Song, Mrs. Ruth Albright. School district chairmen were: Bee Creek, Mrs. Josephine C. Fisher and Miss Josephine Roberts; Old Pearl, Mrs. Lena Miller; Pleasant View, Miss Nettie McPherson.
Passage source: With The Colors in Pike County, Illinois, published 1920.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Old Pearl: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago and Alton Railroad Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lacy & Bauer Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
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.
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 Q122598221 | 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 423038. 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.