BlockMount Tabor, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Forest town. It lies in ZIP code area 54634. The Survey maps it on the Trippville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1927 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Trippville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sparta quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
3,760 words on this townshipHistory of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884 names this settlement in its chapter on Forest Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The town is well supplied witli postal facilities, in fact, as much so as any town in the county. The firs't established was at Mount Tabor. This was located on section 1, in 1856, and J. Clark Tabor was the first postmaster.
Passage source: History of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884.
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 Forest Town - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mount Tabor: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Kraemer & Sons Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Porpus Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trippville | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Dilly | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| White City | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Valley | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hillsboro | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ontario | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rockton | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Greenwood | 9.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577736. 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.