BlockPetersburg, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1991. It stands in O'Fallon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62269. The Survey maps it on the O'Fallon quadrangle.
On record in Petersburg
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Tiedemann Houselisted 2020 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1907 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1937 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS O'Fallon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,223 words on this townshipHistory of St. Clair County, Illinois. With Illustrations ... and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on O'Fallon Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on O'Fallon Township - 1,223 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Petersburg: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Brick Co. Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Little Canteen Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Quality Stone Quarry and Mill No. 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'Fallon | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Glenview | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Carbon | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Crossroads | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Shiloh | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Furman | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Capitol Oaks | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Pontiac | 3.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 426464. 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.