BlockTwin Churches, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Carson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62080. The Survey maps it on the Ramsey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1944 USGS Ramsey quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Ramsey quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Ramsey quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ramsey quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Ramsey quadrangle1:24000
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 Twin Churches: 1 occurrence. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dressor | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Ramsey | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Sefton | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Post Oak | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pruett | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Wrights Corner | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Bayle City | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Magnolia Corner | 9.1 miles | 13 |
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 Q122568777 | 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 419976. 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.