BlockPleasant Ridge, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61415. The Survey maps it on the London Mills quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1915 USGS Avon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Avon quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS London Mills quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
7,018 words on this townshipHistory of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Union Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Union Township - 7,018 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy (historical) | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Avon | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| London Mills | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Virgil (historical) | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Ellisville | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Midway (historical) | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Babylon | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Manley | 8.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1802238. 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.