Pyramid, Illinois

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.

• 1943 USGS Ashley quadrangle1:62500
• 1946 USGS Ashley quadrangle1:62500
• 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
• 1974 USGS Ashley quadrangle1:24000
• 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

History of Washington County, Illinois, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pyramid: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Every working recorded in Washington County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423095. 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.