BlockSanfordville, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jordan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61064. The Survey maps it on the Hazelhurst quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1930 USGS Woodsung quadrangle1:48000
- 1946 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Hazelhurst quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Jordan township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
The Kauffman Murder
A mile south of the Jordan Lutheran church a mysterious murder occurred on the night of May 31, 1897. After a careful examination of all the circumstances connected with the affair, Walter Stager, states attorney, made an official report to the board of supervisors, filling six columns of the Sterling Standard, from which we glean the following outline:
In the county-history sources
12,456 words on this townshipPortrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois : Containing Full-page Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and of the Presidents of the United States, published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Jordan Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Vernon Sanford was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., and located in Whiteside County in 1836, his selection being a portion of section 7, Jordan Township. In 1841 he built the first frame house in the township. The village of Sanfordville, which lies mostly in Ogle County, derives its name from him.
Passage source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois : Containing Full-page Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and of the Presidents of the United States, published 1885.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sanfordville (historical): 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brimblecom Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Graehling Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Nelson Quarry - Portable Unit #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Reid Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Shank Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sier Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrose | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Jordan Center | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Woodland Hills | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Coleta | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Sterling | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rock Falls | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Douglas Park | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Grimes Addition | 10.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1824106. 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.