BlockScarboro, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Willow Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60553. It stands on Dry Run. The Survey maps it on the Steward quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1952 USGS Rochelle quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Steward quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Steward quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
62,092 words on this townshipHistory of Lee County, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Willow Creek Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
A society of Dunkards was organized at the Byrd school-house in 1863. Occasional meetings had been previouslj' held in other places. The original members were eight in number, as follows: John Toft and his wife Margaret, Alva R. Harp and his wife Amanda, William Vroman and his wife Elizabeth, and D. C. Yroraan and his wife Catherine. Their numbers finally increased to eighteen. The Rev. John Fillmore settled in the township soon after the organization and was the only minister the society ever had. A. R. Harp was the first deacon. Services were held at the Byrd, Beemerville and Twin Groves school-houses. At the end of three or four years the members removed to Marshall county, Iowa. An organization of Dunkards holds regular services still at the Byrd school-house.
Passage source: History of Lee County, published 1881.
Besides churchyards and some private burial lots there are the Ellsworth and Twin Groves cemeteries, both desirable locations for sepulture. The former is on the south side of the public road and of Sec. 34, and obtained its name from Isaac C. Ellsworth, on whose farm it was laid out. iThe other is situated on the S.W. ^ of S.E. J Sec. 17, adjoining the public road, on a prominence falling off on every side, and washed on the north by Willow creek. Mrs. James Thompson gave one acre and sold half an acre more for this site. It is held in trust by the school trustees of the township, who sell the lots for $5 apiece. Several handsome monuments have been set up in this beautiful city of the dead. Each, Darin, Miller, Eees and Tetter, have one, and the Thompsons two.
Passage source: History of Lee County, published 1881.
After White, J. Johnson started next in a general store on the west side of Main, between A and B streets. In July, 1872, the railroad switch was finished ; freiglit began at once to be delivered, and then the place took a sudden advance. Abel Downer opened the third general store, including a stock of drugs, on the southwest corner of Main and B streets. Ostewig & Leyder started the same season in hardware.
Passage source: History of Lee County, published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Willow Creek Township - it names this place 6 more 6 times.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Scarboro: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoneridge Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scarboro in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarboro | - | Heavy rain and continuous lightning. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scarboro | - | A semi truck and a car were blown over near Interstate 39 and Route 30. |
| July 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Scarboro | - | A funnel cloud was reported near Route 30 and Interstate 39. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twelvemile Corner | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Steward | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lee | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Roxbury | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| The Burg | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Compton | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Melugin Grove (historical) | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Paw Paw | 7.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 418064. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.