BlockSaint Morgan, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Helvetia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62293. The Survey maps it on the Highland quadrangle. It stands 505 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1906 USGS Breese quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Breese quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Highland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Carlyle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
85 words on this townshipCentennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and Its People, 1812 to 1912, published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Helvetia Township covers the pioneers, animals, birds and indians, settlements in western sections, seb¬ astopol, st. morgan, prominent farmers. 525.
Read the chapter on Helvetia Township - 85 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Jacob | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Sebastopol | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Marine | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Troy | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| Grantfork | 11.6 miles | 11 | |
| Kuhn Station | 13.0 miles | 17 | |
| Formosa Junction | 13.1 miles | 16 |
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 Saint Morgan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16740214 | 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 423148. 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.