BlockWest York, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Hutsonville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62478. It stands on South Fork Raccoon Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Union quadrangle. 74 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 512 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWest York fell from 129 to 74 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 | 129 | |
| 2020 | 74 | -55 (-43%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Hutsonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS West Union quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS West Union quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
546 words on this townshipILLINOIS HISTORICAL CRAWFORD COUNTY, published 1909 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Hutsonville Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Hutsonville Township - 546 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 West York: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abram and Hawkins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West York in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2015: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | West York | $30,000 | Numerous large tree limbs and power lines were blown down southwest of West York and in and around Robinson. In addition, several carnival booths and a camper were overturned at a carnival in Robinson. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | West York | $18,000 | A trailer was flipped over. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | West York | $18,000 | Numerous tree limbs were blown down. In addition, an unsecured mobile home was rolled off its blocks. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | West York | $15,000 | IL Route 1 was closed just south of West York because a large section of pavement had washed out at Raccoon Creek. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | West York | - | Several periods of rainfall occurred as a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill. Rainfall totals ranged from 3.00 to 5.00 on already saturated ground in much of Crawford County. Several creeks flooded out of their banks. Extensive flooding of rural roads was reported, especially north of Illinois Route 33. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | West York | - | Most rural roads were covered with water and impassible. High water was also flowing across several streets in Robinson where nearly 3.50 of rain occurred in one hour. |
| July 2015 | Hail | West York | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutsonville | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Trimble | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Annapolis | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Porterville | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gordon | 11.3 miles | 14 | |
| Robinson | 12.0 miles | 14 | |
| Palestine | 12.0 miles | 20 | |
| Dogwood | 13.7 miles | 14 |
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 West York | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5390534 | 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 420946. 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.