BlockVergennes, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Vergennes Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62994. The Survey maps it on the Vergennes quadrangle. 235 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 397 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresVergennes fell from 298 to 235 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 298 | |
| 2020 | 235 | -63 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1910 USGS Murphysboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Murphysboro 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
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Vergennes quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Storms near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vergennes in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vergennes | 2 hurt, $50,000 | At Vergennes, a camper was blown over on Route 127, injuring two occupants. At Dowell, trees and tree limbs were blown down, some of which landed on houses and vehicles. Near Elkville, a mobile home was reportedly overturned, and at least one barn was destroyed. A few utility poles were snapped. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Vergennes | $300,000 | An EF-2 tornado began near Blacklock Road northwest of Vergennes, and then moved north northeast into Perry County at Zolter Road. The tornado mainly passed over open fields, but did destroy or damage several barns. The estimated peak wind was 110 mph. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vergennes | $15,000 | Windows were blown out of a house. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vergennes | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a narrow tree down onto a house in Vergennes. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vergennes | $10,000 | An open barn was destroyed. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vergennes | $8,000 | A large metal equipment shed at a farm sustained moderate damage. A small portion of the roof was blown off, and one metal wall was blown in. At least one large tree was snapped off. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vergennes | $3,000 | The roof of an outhouse bathroom at an athletic field was blown off. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Vergennes | - | Quarter size hail fell near Vergennes. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Vergennes | - | Roads in northeast Jackson County were flooded by heavy rains. Field flooding lingered with drainage ditches swollen and flowing. Radar estimated 3-hour rainfall totals were 2 to 4 inches with the highest amounts falling just northeast of Vergennes between 300-500CST. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Vergennes | - | About a half dozen roads were closed across the county, mostly rural secondary roads. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Vergennes | - | 1 inch hail was reported on Highway 127. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Vergennes | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Flood | Vergennes | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Vergennes | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grubbs | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Oraville | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Matthews Junction | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Sato | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Hallidayboro | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Elkville | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Grange Hall | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Dowell | 5.8 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 Vergennes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2653164 | 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 420254. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.