BlockSonora Township
The complete chapter on this township from An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Hancock County, Illinois, published 1874. 62 words, covering 2 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
1 settlementWhat 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonora (historical) | - | - | 3 | - |
Settlements in this township
2 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. None of the 2 is named in the chapter: they were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
62 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Hancock County, Illinois, published 1874. 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.
Nativity
Augusta Township is situated in the southeast corner of the county. It is bounded on the east by Scuyler jjCounty, on the south by Adams County, on the north- by St. Mary's Township, and on the west by Chili Township. It is a wealthy prairie township. Among the early settlers in this township may be mentioned Win, II. Mead, who came in
Provenance
Text from An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Hancock County, Illinois, published 1874, 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.