BlockShop Creek, Illinois
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Zanesville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62056. It stands on Shop Creek. The Survey maps it on the Atwater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1923 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1925 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
6,325 words on this townshipPast and Present of Montgomery County, Illinois, published 1904 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Zanesville Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Zanesville Township - 6,325 words.
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 Shop Creek: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw Point 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Bend | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Barnett | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Zanesville | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Sunrise Hills | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Stagecoach Junction | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Island View | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Raymond | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Litchfield | 7.0 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558315 | 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 423185. 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.