Locations of Everything
in Coles County
Ever wonder where exactly a school was or what township a creek was in? GNIS can tell you.
Head over to GNIS (http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html) and put in Coles County for your query - listed below is what comes up. Pretty cool, huh??? Once at their website, you can print a map of any of these places.
**I suspect that items marked "Historical" no longer exist.**
|
Feature Name |
Type |
Latitude |
Longitude |
USGS 7.5' Map |
| Adkins Cemetery |
cemetery |
392747N |
0881054W |
Charleston South |
| Airtight Bridge |
bridge |
393317N |
0880521W |
Ashmore |
| Ames School |
school |
393208N |
0882316W |
Cooks Mills |
| Anderson Cemetery |
cemetery |
392431N |
0880627W |
Westfield West |
| Andrews Hall |
building |
392835N |
0881031W |
Charleston South |
| Antioch Church |
church |
394053N |
0880143W |
Oakland |
| Antioch School |
school |
393722N |
0881559W |
Humboldt |
| Armstrong Cemetery (this item did not come up on the original search. It was contributed by Erik Conard) |
cemetery |
Pleasant Grove twp |
||
| Ashmore |
pop place |
393159N |
0880120W |
Ashmore |
| Ashmore Cemetery |
cemetery |
393138N |
0880108W |
Ashmore |
| Ashmore Elementary School |
school |
393153N |
0880114W |
Ashmore |
| Ashmore, Township of |
civil |
393146N |
0880201W |
Ashmore |
| Bails School |
school |
392633N |
0881219W |
Charleston South |
| Balch School |
school |
392312N |
0881112W |
Charleston South |
| Bales Cemetery |
cemetery |
392232N |
0881913W |
Mattoon East |
| Barney Ford |
crossing |
393307N |
0880607W |
Ashmore |
| Beal Cemetery |
cemetery |
392245N |
0881927W |
Mattoon East |
| Bean School |
school |
393234N |
0882028W |
Humboldt |
| Beavers Cemetery |
cemetery |
392440N |
0880450W |
Westfield West |
| Bell Cemetery |
cemetery |
393751N |
0875824W |
Brocton |
| Bell School |
school |
393555N |
0875951W |
Kansas |
| Bennett Elementary School |
school |
392853N |
0882344W |
Mattoon West |
| Berkeley School |
school |
392334N |
0880119W |
Westfield West |
| Berry Cemetery |
cemetery |
394016N |
0880053W |
Oakland |
| Berry School |
school |
394037N |
0880023W |
Oakland |
| Black School |
school |
393502N |
0881923W |
Humboldt |
| Bladenburg School |
school |
392335N |
0880243W |
Westfield West |
| Blakemans Ford |
crossing |
392725N |
0880850W |
Charleston South |
| Bond School |
school |
393207N |
0881601W |
Humboldt |
| Boneset School |
school |
393311N |
0880355W |
Ashmore |
| Booth House |
building |
392900N |
0881038W |
Charleston South |
| Boyd Ford |
crossing |
393638N |
0880415W |
Ashmore |
| Braden School |
school |
393020N |
0882424W |
Cooks Mills |
| Brainard House |
building |
392858N |
0881038W |
Charleston South |
| Brandenburg Cemetery |
cemetery |
392407N |
0880342W |
Westfield West |
| Brann Cemetery |
cemetery |
393825N |
0882146W |
Arcola |
| Brooks Cemetery |
cemetery |
393235N |
0880507W |
Ashmore |
| Brush Creek |
stream |
393509N |
0880303W |
Ashmore |
| Buck Grove School |
school |
392436N |
0882108W |
Mattoon East |
| Bunker Hill School |
school |
393725N |
0881144W |
Charleston North |
| Burgess-Osborne Auditorium |
building |
392849N |
0882234W |
Mattoon West |
| Burl Ives Art Studio Hall |
building |
392859N |
0881021W |
Charleston South |
| Busbey School |
school |
393902N |
0880458W |
Oakland |
| Bushton |
pop place |
393532N |
0880819W |
Charleston North |
| Bushton Post Office (historical) |
post office |
393534N |
0880818W |
Charleston North |
| Buttermilk Ditch |
canal |
392357N |
0882335W |
Mattoon West |
| Buttermilk School |
school |
392322N |
0882240W |
Mattoon West |
| Buzzard House |
building |
392853N |
0881025W |
Charleston South |
| California School |
school |
393443N |
0880609W |
Ashmore |
| Calvary Cemetery |
cemetery |
392935N |
0882232W |
Mattoon West |
| Campbell (aka Farmington.... on Lincoln Highway in Pleasant Grove twp, near Lincoln Log Cabin park. Mrs. Moore, step-sister to Abe Lincoln, lived there. src: Erik Conard) |
pop place |
392345N |
0881240W |
Charleston South |
| Campground Cemetery |
cemetery |
392553N |
0882530W |
Mattoon West |
| Canaan School |
school |
393728N |
0880350W |
Ashmore |
| Carl Sandburg Elementary School |
school |
392842N |
0881130W |
Charleston South |
| Cassell Cemetery |
cemetery |
393051N |
0881209W |
Charleston North |
| Cassell Creek |
stream |
392914N |
0881231W |
Charleston South |
| Center School |
school |
392326N |
0880500W |
Westfield West |
| Center School |
school |
393456N |
0881142W |
Charleston North |
| Charles H Coleman Hall |
building |
392842N |
0881035W |
Charleston South |
| Charles P Lantz Health Physical Education and Recreation Building |
building |
392849N |
0881046W |
Charleston South |
| Charleston |
pop place |
392946N |
0881034W |
Charleston South |
| Charleston Country Club |
locale |
392946N |
0881353W |
Charleston South |
| Charleston High School |
school |
392908N |
0880952W |
Charleston South |
| Charleston Junior High School |
school |
392918N |
0880956W |
Charleston South |
| Charleston Post Office |
post office |
392947N |
0881033W |
Charleston South |
| Charleston, Township of |
civil |
392852N |
0881115W |
Charleston South |
| Childress School |
school |
393405N |
0880006W |
Ashmore |
| Clear Springs School |
school |
392907N |
0881400W |
Charleston South |
| Coffeeville Church |
church |
392454N |
0881222W |
Charleston South |
| Coffeyville (not in GNIS) |
Pleasant Grove twp just south of Mt Tabor Cem, but
north of Campbell/Farmington, south up the hill from Indian Creek on Lincoln Highway. |
|||
| Coles |
pop place |
393113N |
0882816W |
Cooks Mills |
| Coles County |
civil |
393300N |
0881400W |
Charleston North |
| Coles County Memorial Airport |
airport |
392840N |
0881648W |
Mattoon East |
| College School |
school |
393222N |
0875850W |
Kansas |
| Columbian Elementary School |
school |
392834N |
0882321W |
Mattoon West |
| Contrary School |
school |
393722N |
0880735W |
Charleston North |
| Cooks Mills |
pop place |
393457N |
0882422W |
Cooks Mills |
| Cooks Mills Consolidated Oil Field |
oilfield |
393810N |
0882306W |
Arthur |
| Country Club Estates |
pop place |
392810N |
0881946W |
Mattoon East |
| Crabill Pond |
reservoir |
392612N |
0881336W |
Charleston South |
| Crabill Pond Dam |
dam |
392612N |
0881336W |
Charleston South |
| Craig Cemetery |
cemetery |
393224N |
0880814W |
Charleston North |
| Cross Country Mall Shopping Center |
locale |
392907N |
0882035W |
Mattoon East |
| Cunningham Park |
park |
392911N |
0882208W |
Mattoon East |
| Davis School |
school |
392711N |
0880351W |
Westfield West |
| Dice School |
school |
393221N |
0881251W |
Charleston North |
| Diona ("Dogtown" nicknamed by locals) |
pop place |
392236N |
0880821W |
Charleston South |
| Dixie School |
school |
392637N |
0882714W |
Mattoon West |
| Dodge Grove Cemetery |
cemetery |
392938N |
0882300W |
Mattoon West |
| Dole School |
school |
392955N |
0882655W |
Mattoon West |
| Donica Creek |
stream |
393843N |
0875920W |
Brocton |
| Dorans |
pop place |
393304N |
0882040W |
Humboldt |
| Doty Cemetery |
cemetery |
392550N |
0881505W |
Mattoon East |
| Doty School |
school |
392710N |
0881355W |
Charleston South |
| Dry Branch |
stream |
393745N |
0880453W |
Oakland |
| Dry Grove Cemetery |
cemetery |
392449N |
0882255W |
Mattoon West |
| Dry Grove School |
school |
392439N |
0882239W |
Mattoon West |
| Dudley Branch |
stream |
393040N |
0880322W |
Ashmore |
| Dudley School |
school |
393014N |
0880152W |
Ashmore |
| East Branch Hurricane Creek |
stream |
392246N |
0880359W |
Westfield West |
| East Donica School |
school |
393738N |
0875759W |
Brocton |
| East Humboldt Cemetery |
cemetery |
393906N |
0881517W |
Arcola |
| East Oakland, Township of |
civil |
393803N |
0880116W |
Oakland |
| East Paradise School |
school |
392438N |
0882510W |
Mattoon West |
| Eastern Illinois University |
school |
392850N |
0881032W |
Charleston South |
| Egypt School |
school |
393734N |
0880208W |
Oakland |
| Embarrass |
pop place |
393102N |
0880528W |
Ashmore |
| Enode School |
school |
393902N |
0875922W |
Brocton |
| Enon Cemetery |
cemetery |
393012N |
0880226W |
Ashmore |
| Enon Church |
church |
393014N |
0880224W |
Ashmore |
| Etna |
pop place |
392322N |
0882511W |
Mattoon West |
| Eversole School |
school |
393904N |
0881144W |
Hindsboro |
| Fairgrange |
pop place |
393443N |
0881018W |
Charleston North |
| Fairview Cemetery |
cemetery |
393616N |
0880040W |
Ashmore |
| Fairview Church |
church |
393617N |
0880039W |
Ashmore |
| Farmington (historical) |
pop place |
see "Campbell" | ||
| Finch School |
school |
392753N |
0881112W |
Charleston South |
| Flat Branch |
stream |
393615N |
0882238W |
Cooks Mills |
| Florence McAfee Gymnasium |
building |
392854N |
0881035W |
Charleston South |
| Floyd School |
school |
393720N |
0882043W |
Humboldt |
| Ford Hall |
building |
392851N |
0881035W |
Charleston South |
| Fowler School |
school |
392912N |
0880819W |
Charleston South |
| Fox Ridge |
ridge |
392511N |
0880739W |
Charleston South |
| Fox Ridge Lake |
reservoir |
392406N |
0880924W |
Charleston South |
| Fox Ridge Lake Dam |
dam |
392406N |
0880924W |
Charleston South |
| Fox Ridge State Park |
park |
392412N |
0880911W |
Charleston South |
| Francis G Blair Hall |
building |
392859N |
0881029W |
Charleston South |
| Franklin Branch |
stream |
393410N |
0880259W |
Ashmore |
| Franklin Elementary School |
school |
392817N |
0882139W |
Mattoon East |
| Frazier School |
school |
393032N |
0882028W |
Humboldt |
| Fudge Cemetery |
cemetery |
392920N |
0881421W |
Charleston South |
| Fuller Point School |
school |
393508N |
0882725W |
Cooks Mills |
| Gardner Cemetery |
cemetery |
393905N |
0882111W |
Arcola |
| Glassco School |
school |
393233N |
0881403W |
Charleston North |
| Glenwood Lake |
reservoir |
392824N |
0881118W |
Charleston South |
| Glenwood Lake Dam |
dam |
392824N |
0881118W |
Charleston South |
| Goble School |
school |
392555N |
0880135W |
Westfield West |
| Good Neighbor Shopping Center |
locale |
392748N |
0882233W |
Mattoon West |
| Goosenest Prairie |
area |
392305N |
0881208W |
Charleston South |
| Grant Cemetery |
cemetery |
392756N |
0880602W |
Westfield West |
| Grant School |
school |
393542N |
0881357W |
Charleston North |
| Greasy Creek |
stream |
393757N |
0880457W |
Oakland |
| Greasy Point Church |
church |
393826N |
0880641W |
Oakland |
| Greenwood School |
school |
393011N |
0875912W |
Kansas |
| Greenwood School |
school |
392849N |
0881021W |
Charleston South |
| Gregg Hall |
building |
392848N |
0881034W |
Charleston South |
| Grimm School |
school |
393143N |
0880308W |
Ashmore |
| Halls Ford |
crossing |
392614N |
0880925W |
Charleston South |
| Hanley Ford |
crossing |
392345N |
0880952W |
Charleston South |
| Hanley School |
school |
392444N |
0880859W |
Charleston South |
| Hawthorne Elementary School |
school |
392909N |
0882301W |
Mattoon West |
| Helen Parkes Old Tower Park |
park |
393918N |
0880143W |
Oakland |
| Herman School |
school |
392639N |
0881558W |
Mattoon East |
| Hobert School |
school |
393719N |
0882652W |
Cooks Mills |
| Hoskins School |
school |
393535N |
0882230W |
Cooks Mills |
| Hougland School |
school |
393206N |
0882602W |
Cooks Mills |
| Howard Miller Memorial Park |
park |
393933N |
0880209W |
Oakland |
| Huckaba Cemetery |
cemetery |
392955N |
0880759W |
Charleston South |
| Humboldt |
pop place |
393615N |
0881908W |
Humboldt |
| Humboldt Cemetery |
cemetery |
393604N |
0882004W |
Humboldt |
| Humboldt Elementary School |
school |
393623N |
0881902W |
Humboldt |
| Humboldt Post Office |
post office |
393614N |
0881909W |
Humboldt |
| Humboldt, Township of |
civil |
393500N |
0881700W |
Humboldt |
| Hurricane Cemetery |
cemetery |
392331N |
0880807W |
Charleston South |
| Hutton |
pop place |
392445N |
0880504W |
Westfield West |
| Hutton School |
school |
392329N |
0880714W |
Westfield West |
| Hutton, Township of |
civil |
392520N |
0880532W |
Westfield West |
| Independence (this item did not come up on the original search. It was contributed by Erik Conard) |
town |
|||
| Indian Creek |
stream |
392435N |
0881015W |
Charleston South |
| Indian School |
school |
392454N |
0881527W |
Mattoon East |
| Interchange 184 |
crossing |
392536N |
0882241W |
Mattoon West |
| Interchange 190 |
crossing |
392904N |
0881919W |
Mattoon East |
| Jakes Branch |
stream |
393418N |
0880400W |
Ashmore |
| Janesville Cemetery |
cemetery |
392247N |
0881458W |
Charleston South |
| Jefferson Elementary School |
school |
392951N |
0881026W |
Charleston South |
| John R Reed Airport |
airport |
393257N |
0880156W |
Ashmore |
| Johns School |
school |
392640N |
0880526W |
Westfield West |
| Jones |
pop place |
392709N |
0882009W |
Mattoon East |
| Kelley Cemetery |
cemetery |
392727N |
0880820W |
Charleston South |
| Kickapoo Cemetery |
cemetery |
392652N |
0881007W |
Charleston South |
| Kickapoo Creek |
stream |
392615N |
0881002W |
Charleston South |
| Kings |
pop place |
394045N |
0875907W |
Brocton |
| Kinzel Field |
park |
392827N |
0882304W |
Mattoon West |
| Kinzel Park |
park |
392838N |
0882325W |
Mattoon West |
| Knoch Cemetery |
cemetery |
393511N |
0880516W |
Ashmore |
| Lafayette, Township of |
civil |
392855N |
0881813W |
Mattoon East |
| Laffer School |
school |
393050N |
0880514W |
Ashmore |
| Lafler Cemetery |
cemetery |
393112N |
0880627W |
Ashmore |
| Lake Charleston |
reservoir |
392735N |
0880842W |
Charleston South |
| Lake Crest Elementary School |
school |
393928N |
0880115W |
Oakland |
| Lake Land Junior College |
school |
392502N |
0882250W |
Mattoon West |
| Lake Matton |
reservoir |
392003N |
0882858W |
Neoga |
| Lake Oakland |
reservoir |
393948N |
0880112W |
Oakland |
| Lake Oakland Dam |
dam |
393958N |
0880052W |
Oakland |
| Lake Paradise |
reservoir |
392440N |
0882630W |
Mattoon West |
| Lake Union School |
school |
394044N |
0875847W |
Brocton |
| Lake Windermere |
reservoir |
392754N |
0881700W |
Mattoon East |
| Lake Windermere Dam |
dam |
392754N |
0881700W |
Mattoon East |
| Lane Acres (subdivision) |
pop place |
392852N |
0882426W |
Mattoon West |
| Lawson Hall |
building |
392835N |
0881033W |
Charleston South |
| Lawson Park |
park |
392832N |
0882211W |
Mattoon East |
| Leitch Cemetery |
cemetery |
392442N |
0881115W |
Charleston South |
| Leitch School |
school |
392509N |
0881101W |
Charleston South |
| Lerna |
pop place |
392506N |
0881719W |
Mattoon East |
| Lerna Elementary School |
school |
392454N |
0881711W |
Mattoon East |
| Lerna Post Office |
post office |
392504N |
0881717W |
Mattoon East |
| Liberty Cemetery |
cemetery |
392637N |
0880440W |
Westfield West |
| Liberty School |
school |
393410N |
0875751W |
Kansas |
| Lincoln Church |
church |
392318N |
0881408W |
Charleston South |
| Lincoln Elementary School |
school |
392942N |
0881053W |
Charleston South |
| Lincoln Elementary School |
school |
392814N |
0882228W |
Mattoon East |
| Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site |
park |
392250N |
0881206W |
Charleston South |
| Lincoln-Stevenson-Douglas Halls |
building |
392852N |
0881041W |
Charleston South |
| Linder House |
building |
392859N |
0881038W |
Charleston South |
| Lipsey |
pop place |
392929N |
0882504W |
Mattoon West |
| Little Embarras River |
stream |
393426N |
0880428W |
Ashmore |
| Little Red School |
school |
393535N |
0882529W |
Cooks Mills |
| Livingston C Lord Administration Building |
building |
392902N |
0881031W |
Charleston South |
| Lower Muddy Cemetery |
cemetery |
392341N |
0881919W |
Mattoon East |
| Loxa (Lee's Academy was in this town) |
pop place |
392950N |
0881602W |
Mattoon East |
| Lumbrick Cemetery |
cemetery |
392956N |
0880831W |
Charleston South |
| Lumpkin Hall |
building |
392842N |
0881032W |
Charleston South |
| Lytle Park |
park |
392853N |
0882353W |
Mattoon West |
|
Feature Name |
Type |
Latitude |
Longitude |
USGS 7.5' Map |
| Magnet |
pop place |
392621N |
0882352W |
Mattoon West |
| Mark Twain Elementary School |
school |
392912N |
0880903W |
Charleston South |
| Marshall School |
school |
393300N |
0881124W |
Charleston North |
| Martin Box School |
school |
393725N |
0881359W |
Charleston North |
| Martin Luther King Junior University Union |
building |
392853N |
0881031W |
Charleston South |
| Mary J Booth Library |
building |
392848N |
0881032W |
Charleston South |
| Mattoon |
pop place |
392859N |
0882222W |
Mattoon East |
| Mattoon Golf and Country Club |
locale |
392814N |
0881925W |
Mattoon East |
| Mattoon High School |
school |
392827N |
0882313W |
Mattoon West |
| Mattoon Junior High School |
school |
392817N |
0882147W |
Mattoon East |
| Mattoon Post Office |
post office |
392901N |
0882218W |
Mattoon East |
| Mattoon, Township of |
civil |
392840N |
0882441W |
Mattoon West |
| McKenzie Cemetery |
cemetery |
392638N |
0880905W |
Charleston South |
| McKinney Hall |
building |
392848N |
0881036W |
Charleston South |
| Memorial Library |
building |
393917N |
0880145W |
Oakland |
| Miller Cemetery |
cemetery |
393208N |
0880507W |
Ashmore |
| Miller School |
school |
393205N |
0880540W |
Ashmore |
| Monroe School |
school |
392815N |
0881830W |
Mattoon East |
| Montgomery Cemetery |
cemetery |
392627N |
0881844W |
Mattoon East |
| Moore Home Historic Site |
park |
392347N |
0881243W |
Charleston South |
| Morgan, Township of |
civil |
393544N |
0880637W |
Ashmore |
| Mound Cemetery |
cemetery |
393027N |
0881211W |
Charleston North |
| Mound School |
school |
392655N |
0882243W |
Mattoon West |
| Mount Tabor Cemetery |
cemetery |
392518N |
0881220W |
Charleston South |
| Mount Tabor Church |
church |
392522N |
0881221W |
Charleston South |