BlockPost Oak, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Loudon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62418. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Avena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1941 USGS St. Elmo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS St. Elmo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Avena quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Avena quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,736 words on this townshipHistory of Fayette County, Illinois, published 1878 names this settlement in its chapter on Loudon Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The first store in the township was kept at Post Oak, in 1839, by Jas. Drake. And in 1846, Rob't McConnell kept tavern in the same place. And some two years later finds Joshua Morris Post-master at Post Oak.
Passage source: History of Fayette County, Illinois, published 1878.
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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Post Oak: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sulfur, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diller Tile Co Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| St. Elmo Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Winter Stone Co Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pruett | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sefton | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Magnolia Corner | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Wrights Corner | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Elmo | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Howards Point (historical) | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Avena | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Twin Churches | 6.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 416068. 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.