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Saint Paul, Illinois

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wilberton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62885. The Survey maps it on the Saint Paul quadrangle.

Saint Paul within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

In the county-history sources

2,837 words on this township

History of Fayette County, Illinois, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Wilberton Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Wilberton Township - 2,837 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Wilberton1.8 miles11
Augsburg3.3 miles10
Confidence5.0 miles11
Saint Peter5.4 miles11
Pinhook (historical)5.8 miles9
Loogootee6.4 miles11
Shobonier7.3 miles10
Saint James8.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 417693. 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.