BlockPoverty Ridge, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Cass Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61477. It stands on Baughman Branch. The Survey maps it on the Smithfield quadrangle. It stands 663 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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 Vermont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1921 USGS Vermont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Smithfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Vermont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
9,894 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 Cass Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Cass Township - 9,894 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seville | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Smithfield | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Marietta | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Bernadotte (historical) | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Buckeye | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Checkrow | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Ipava | 7.7 miles | 19 | |
| Blyton | 7.8 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Poverty Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7235836 | 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 1802240. 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.