BlockSteel City, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62812. It stands on Drummond Branch. The Survey maps it on the West Frankfort quadrangle. It stands 433 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1909 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS West Frankfort quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
5,733 words on this townshipThe Prospects of Franklin County, Illinois, 1912, published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Benton Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Benton Township - 5,733 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groat | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Benton | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| West City | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Bessie | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Logan | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Smothersville | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Benton Park | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Parrish | 5.3 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Steel City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7605648 | 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 419086. 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.