BlockTrenton Corners, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Persifer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61436. It stands on Court Creek. The Survey maps it on the Williamsfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1941 USGS Maquon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Maquon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Williamsfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
12,484 words on this townshipPortrait and Biographical Album of Knox County, Illinois, published 1886; Annals of Knox County : Commemorating Centennial of Admission of Illinois As a State of the Union in 1818, published 1921 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Persifer Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Persifer Township - 12,484 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dahinda | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Appleton | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Oak Run | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Truro | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Williamsfield | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Eugene | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Gilson | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Elba Center | 5.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1719709. 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.