BlockVermilion City, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Reading Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61364. It stands on Moon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Streator South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1925 USGS Streator quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1927 USGS Streator quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Streator South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,400 words on this townshipThe History of Livingston County, Illinois : Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c. .., published 1878; Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Livingston County, Vol. 2 by Strawn, Johnson, and Franzen (1909)., published 1909 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Reading Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Reading Township - 1,400 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Vermilion City: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streator Brick Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Feken Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Streator Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carriage Lane Estates | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Coalville | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| South Streator | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Reading | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Smithdale | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Munster | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ancona | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Manville | 4.6 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 Q122563141 | 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 1737694. 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.