BlockAtlas Township
The complete chapter on this township from History of Pike County. A Centennial Address Delivered by Hon. William A. Grimshaw, at Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois, July 4, 1876, published 1877. 66 words, covering 6 settlements. Source changes inside the text are labelled at the exact paragraph where the next book begins.
Contents
1 sectionThe section headings the book prints inside this chapter. Each one jumps to where it begins.
The modern record here
6 settlementsWhat the federal record holds for each settlement inside this township: wildfires and storm reports since the 1950s, mineral workings, and museum specimens collected nearby. These are counted within a few miles of each settlement, so neighbours share them and the columns are deliberately not added up. Every row links to the settlement's own page, where each figure is broken out.
| Settlement | Fires | Storm reports | Mines and quarries | Specimens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Horton | - | - | 3 | - |
| Moores (historical) | 3 | - | 11 | - |
| Pike | 9 | 3 | 15 | - |
| Rockport | 1 | 7 | 3 | - |
| Summer Hill | 4 | 3 | 2 | - |
Settlements in this township
6 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. 1 of the 6 is named in the chapter; the rest were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
66 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from History of Pike County. A Centennial Address Delivered by Hon. William A. Grimshaw, at Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois, July 4, 1876, published 1877. The text is machine-read from scans, so expect recognition errors: misspelled names, dropped words, and stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the books' own; source changes are labelled in place.
Atlas Township
In the vicinity of Atlas Henry Long, from Baltimore City, settled about the year 1827. During a residence of many years, until his decease on his farm, he was a useful citizen and upright man. He reared a second numerous family of intelligent and educated children. His son, Jesse Long, has been a Supervisor of Atlas township and resides on the old homestead of his father.
Provenance
Text from History of Pike County. A Centennial Address Delivered by Hon. William A. Grimshaw, at Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois, July 4, 1876, published 1877, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.