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Pryortown, Illinois

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Pulaski precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62996. The Survey maps it on the Pulaski quadrangle.

Pryortown within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pryortown: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Absorbent Clay Products PitClayProducer
Mise PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pulaski County Highway DepartmentSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Southern Clay, Inc. PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Olmsted3.2 miles25
Villa Ridge3.3 miles24
Pulaski3.4 miles24
America3.8 miles25
Levings5.0 miles25
Spencer Heights5.0 miles24
North Mounds5.4 miles27
Mounds5.9 miles27

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.

Wikidata item Q122562318The 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 416274. 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.