BlockWalnut Grove, Illinois
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Senachwine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61560. The Survey maps it on the Florid quadrangle. It stands 456 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1893 USGS Lacon quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1933 USGS Lacon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1937 USGS Lacon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Florid quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Kewanee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Senachwine township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Alarm
The alarm spread, homes were abandoned, the plow was left in the furrow, all kinds of property was forsaken, the people fleeing from the murderous rifle and tomahawk. All the inhabitants on the west side of the Illinois crossed over to the east side where they fixed the frontier and made a stand.
In the county-history sources
3,827 words on this townshipHistory of Putnam County from Its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1876, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Senachwine Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Senachwine Township - 3,827 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Walnut Grove: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Edwin Hank Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hennepin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Newbaum Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stadel Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Spring | 0.3 miles | 17 | |
| Undercliff | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Putnam | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hennepin | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Florid | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Caledonia (historical) | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| McNabb | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Moronts | 8.3 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 Walnut Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7963587 | 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 1719783. 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.