Schapville, Illinois

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Thompson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61028. The Survey maps it on the Scales Mound East quadrangle.

Schapville within Jo Daviess County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1911 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1936 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1968 USGS Scales Mound East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Thompson township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Constitution of the United States, published 1878 - Thompson Township

M R S. Mary

owns 330 acres, valued at $6,600 ; she was born in Rush Tp. April 3,1845 ; was married March 20, 1862, to Wm. Westaby, a native of Lincolnshire, Eng.; he was killed Jan. 14, 1870, while rolling a log at Thompson's mills ; on Jan. 18, 1871, she married Richard Darnill, a native of England ; he died Sept. 29, 1874; she has six children : Joseph Henry, Nellie May, and Charles James Westaby; Richard Wm., Peter Gideon, and Frederick Edmond Darnill; she is independent in religion.

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In the county-history sources

4,174 words on this township

The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Constitution of the United States, published 1878 names this settlement in its chapter on Thompson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

FUNK REV. JOHN E. Pastor of the German Presbyterian Church, Schapville, P. O. Houghton ; born in Hesse Cassel, Aug. 13, 1848; came to Wis. in 1853 ; made his preparatory studies at Hazel Green ; was six years a student at the German Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Dubuque; received a call from the German Presbyterian Church of Frank Hill, Minn., while a student, accepted and officiated there two years; received and accepted a call from Nazareth Church, Gasconade Co., Mo., of which he was pastor 19 months, and in 1875 responded to a call from the pastor of which he is now pastor ; was married near Dubuque, Oct. 7, 1872, to Miss Sophia C., daughter of Henry Kortemeyer of that place ; she was born in Lippe Detmold, Germany, April 16, 1852 ; has three children : Lydia, born Jan. 17, 1874; Henry D., Nov. 5, 1875; and Jno. G., Sept. 19, 1877; Republican, and is highly spoken of as a zealous minister and exemplary man.

Passage source: The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Constitution of the United States, published 1878.

GRITRE GEORGE, Blacksmith; Schapville, Sec. 9 ; P. O. Houghton ; born in Hesse Cassel, Germany, in 1849 ; came to the United States in 1857 ; lived in Hazel Green, Wis., 15 years ; came to this Co. in 1870 ; Nov. 15, 1871, he married Miss Lena, daughter of Charles A. Cable; she was born in Galena in 1853; has four children: Henrietta, born Oct. 2, 1872; Emma S., April 17, 1874; Eveline, Jan. 17, 1876, and Matilda C., Nov. 10, 1877 ; owns 33 acres, residence and shop, valued at $2,500 ; Re publican, and Elder in the Gerrnan Presbyterian Church.

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Read the whole chapter on Thompson Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Fires near this place

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Schapville between 2010 and 2011, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
19 April 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	SCHAMPER
9 March 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	GRENDA
22 March 2010	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	TERRITORY
18 March 2010	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	WOODBINE
17 March 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Illinois Division of Forestry Resources	SCOUT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jo Daviess County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Schapville: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Rockford Mining and Milling Co. Mine	Lead, Zinc	Unknown	1905, 1915
Wishon Mine	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1865, 1910
Haggerty Mine	Lead	Past Producer
Bahr Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Branegar #1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Brown Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Distler Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Schultz Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
W. Hammer Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Jo Daviess County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Apple Canyon Lake	3.1 miles	15
Woodbine	4.9 miles	14
Guilford	5.2 miles	16
Elizabeth	5.5 miles	14
Scales Mound	6.0 miles	16
Weston (historical)	6.5 miles	18
Rodden	7.7 miles	18
North Hanover	8.1 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 418074. 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.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

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.