BlockWarrington, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Kansas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61933. The Survey maps it on the Kansas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1946 USGS Kansas quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Kansas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Kansas quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Kansas quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,816 words on this townshipThe History of Edgar County, Illinois, Containing a History of the County--its Cities, Towns, &c. : Directory of Its Tax-payers; War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; General and Local Statistics; Map of Edgar County; History of Illinois, Illustrated; History of the Northwest, Illustrated; Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, &c., &c. Illustrated, published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Kansas Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Kansas Township - 3,816 words.
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 Warrington: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoskins Sand and Gravel | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Athens (historical) | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Borton | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Isabel | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Catfish (historical) | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Kansas | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Redmon | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Dudley | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Grandview | 6.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1736562. 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.