BlockVirginia, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Virginia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62691. The Survey maps it on the Virginia quadrangle. 1,514 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 614 feet above sea level.
On record in Virginia
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Andrew Cunningham Farmlisted 1975
Population over time
2 figuresVirginia fell from 1,611 to 1,514 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 | 1,611 | |
| 2020 | 1,514 | -97 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1932 USGS Virginia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Virginia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Virginia quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Meredosia quadrangle1:100000
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 Virginia: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County Hwy Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Virginia in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 18 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | $50,000 | Strong winds damaged the roof of a school gym in Virginia. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | $40,000 | A machine shed was destroyed. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | $20,000 | Several large tree limbs and a HAM radio tower were blown down in Virginia. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | $20,000 | A shed was blown down 1 mile east of Virginia. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down in Virginia. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | $6,000 | A power pole was blown down in Virginia. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | $2,000 | A large oak tree was blown over onto Summit Avenue North between Main and William streets in Virginia. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | $2,000 | A tree was blown down in Virginia. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | $1,800 | A metal carport was blown across a street, causing damage to the roof and side of Parlier's Auto Body. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Virginia | - | Several cars were damaged by the hail. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Virginia | - | A weak tornado touched down in a field 3 miles south of Virginia just east of IL-78 at 5:05 PM CDT. The tornado tracked southeastward and crossed near the intersection of Hall Road and Conover Road before quickly dissipating by 5:08 PM CDT. No damage occurred. |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Virginia | - | A tornado touched down about 2.4 miles west-southwest of Virginia at 2:22 PM CDT. The tornado tracked northeastward across open fields until it reached the southwest side of Virginia where it damaged a bus barn for Virginia High School. It damaged several trees and the porch of a home as it traveled through town, then damaged additional trees after it exited Virginia just southeast of the Walnut Ridge Cemetery. The tornado dissipated 0.9 miles northeast of Virginia at 2:35 PM CDT. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Virginia | - | A tornado touched down about 4 miles south-southwest of Virginia at 7:47 PM CST. The tornado tracked northeastward, heavily damaging a farmstead on Parlier Road about a half mile west of highway 78. Here, a house had significant damage to its roof and several farm buildings were completely demolished. One horse was killed and another injured. The tornado crossed highway 78 about a half mile north of Prairie Creek. It damaged approximately 15 power poles on Conover Road and overturned several storage tanks nearby. After crossing highway 125 about 2 miles southeast of Virginia, the remainder of the track mainly consisted of damage to trees. It crossed much of the Panther Creek Fish & Wildlife Area before lifting about 2 miles west-northwest of Newmansville at 7:59 pm. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | A large pecan tree branch was blown onto a roof, causing damage to the roof. |
| October 2021 | Flood | Virginia | - | Water was flowing across the roadway northwest of Virginia. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | A tree was blown down onto Highway 125. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Virginia | - | Heavy rainfall rates of 2.00 to 2.50 per hour for nearly 90 minutes resulted in flash flooding across southern Cass County. Most rural roads were impassable due to the heavy rain. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Several tree limbs up to 4 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Power lines blown down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | A few trees and power lines blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Large maple tree blown down. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down in Virginia and Chandlerville. In Chandlerville, two of the trees fell onto two unoccupied vehicles destroying them. Several homes sustained roof and porch damage due to the fallen trees. No injuries were reported. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines and snapped two utility poles in half two miles east of Virginia. In Philadelphia, the thunderstorm winds blew down 13 utility poles. No injuries were reported. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down in Virginia, some of which knocked down a few power lines. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Virginia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kisch | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Jules | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Burlingame | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cass (historical) | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Anderson | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Little Indian | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Palmerton | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Philadelphia | 5.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Virginia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q579625 | 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 420331. 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.
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.