BlockWhite Pigeon, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clyde Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61270. It stands on Little Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fair Haven quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1934 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fair Haven quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,009 words on this townshipPortrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois : Containing Full-page Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and of the Presidents of the United States, published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Clyde Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
W. D. Hayes secured the establishment of a mail route in the township in 1876, with a postoffice at Malvern village. He was appointed Postmaster, and has held the position since that time. There is another postoffice now in the township, located on section 14, and known as the White Pigeon office.
Passage source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois : Containing Full-page Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and of the Presidents of the United States, published 1885.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Clyde Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
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 White Pigeon: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Corners | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Malvern | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Coleta | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Ustick | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Morrison | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Unionville | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Round Grove | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Valley | 7.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423306. 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.