BlockOwen Center, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Owen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61101. The Survey maps it on the Rockford North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1918 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1938 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rockford North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Rockford North quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,048 words on this townshipThe History of Winnebago County, Illinois : Its Past and Present, Containing ... a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Etc, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Owen Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Owen Township - 2,048 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Owen Center: 6 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Racetrack Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ed Truman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Johns Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Loves Park City Eng. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| R. Black Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Swanson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sturbridge Village | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Nottingham Manor | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Hutchins Park | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Genet | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Latham Park | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Colonial Gardens | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Jonesville | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| North Park | 3.9 miles | 20 |
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 Q122543155 | 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 423050. 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.