Waldron, Illinois

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Penn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61491. It stands on Jack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elmira quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Waldron within Stark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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 Kewanee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Kewanee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

In the county-history sources

34,273 words on this township

Stark County and Its Pioneers, published 1876; Documents and Biography Pertaining to the Settlement and Progress of Stark County, Illinois : Containing an Authentic Summary of Records, Documents, Historical Works and Newspapers Relating to Indian History, Original Settlement, Organization and Politics ..., published 1887 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Penn Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Penn Township - 34,273 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Waldron (historical): 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
	Castleton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Stark County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Modena	0.6 miles	10
Castleton	2.6 miles	12
Wyoming	5.1 miles	10
Elmira	5.3 miles	10
Osceola	5.7 miles	10
Bradford	5.8 miles	12
Toulon	6.6 miles	10
Lombardville	7.8 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1821225. 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.