Pohaten, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mount Carmel precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62863. It sits by Hanging Rock. The Survey maps it on the East Mount Carmel quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pohaten within Wabash County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1901 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500
1903 USGS Patoka quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1903 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS East Mount Carmel quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1986 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pohaten (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Alka and Kieffer Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Allendale Gravel Co. Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Mount Carmel Plant & Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Wabash County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Selma (historical)	0.8 miles	24
Cherry Hill Estates	1.0 miles	20
Mount Carmel	2.0 miles	20
Patton	2.8 miles	20
Odgen	4.4 miles	20
Adams Corner	5.2 miles	18
Schrodts Station	5.6 miles	20
Friendsville	5.8 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1823675. 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.