Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
“Campton Town Hall a historic building in Wasco, Illinois. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.”
Wikipedia article Campton Town Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 86 National Register listings published here for Kane County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
This property stands in Campton Township. History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
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 Campton Township - 1,023 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Camptown Town Hall between 2013 and 2014, burning about 86 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2013-852 |
| 18 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-615 |
| 1 June 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-0548 |
| 28 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-536 |
| 7 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-343 |
| 7 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-345 |
| 7 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-340 |
| 6 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-332 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Camptown Town Hall: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Garfield Farm and Tavern | 2.1 miles | 1978 |
 | Potter and Barker Grain Elevator | 3.3 miles | 2016 |
 | Durant House | 4.2 miles | 1976 |
 | Hotel Baker | 6.0 miles | 1978 |
 | St. Charles Municipal Building | 6.1 miles | 1991 |
 | Joel H. Hubbard House | 6.1 miles | 2011 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80001378 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Kane County | All 86 listed properties in this county. |
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