BlockRichmond, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Hittle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61721. The Survey maps it on the Armington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1951 USGS Minier quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Armington quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
In the county-history sources
10,656 words on this townshipHistory of Tazewell County, Illinois ; Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of State Laws, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Hittle Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Jacob H., (son of John W. Judy,) who was then a child of four years of age, has lived in the township ever since, and he is, therefore, the oldest settler in the community. In the following year William Burt and the Hainlines settled near by, and about the same time two families by the names of Perry and Williamson. In 1828, William Hieronymus settled on the east fork of Sugar creek, where two of his sons still live. Other early settlers in Hittle were: Jacob Albright, 1829; Joseph Richmond, 1830; Martin G.
Passage source: History of Tazewell County, Illinois ; Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of State Laws, published 1879.
this, settlements became quite numerous, and the pioneers were happy and prosperous as the times went. At first the people were compelled to go to Springfield to mill and for mail, and later to Mackinaw. In the winter of '31, the time of the big snow, Jos. Richmond was frozen to death. It seems a daughter of his was to be married and himself and one of his neis-hbors set out for Mackinaw on snow shoes, to get some necessary articles. On the return, the sndw was soft and walking Tcrv difficult. When only three miles from home, night came on, the weather became very cold, and Mr. Richmond gave completely out. Covering him up, his friend went for assistance. They continued the search till after one o'clock, but without avail. Next day the body was found frozen stiif, with part of the clothing removed.
Passage source: History of Tazewell County, Illinois ; Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of State Laws, published 1879.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
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.
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.
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Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423115. 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.