Block, Illinois

Block, Illinois
Unincorporated community
Block, Illinois
Coordinates: 39°58′06″N 88°05′08″W / 39.96833°N 88.08556°W / 39.96833; -88.08556Coordinates: 39°58′06″N 88°05′08″W / 39.96833°N 88.08556°W / 39.96833; -88.08556
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Champaign
Elevation	712 ft (217 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	217
GNIS feature ID	422474[1]

Block is an unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. Block is located along the Union Pacific railroad line northeast of Villa Grove. Block (also known locally as Block Station) was created in 1903-1904 when the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad (under control of the Frisco) built a line from Villa Grove, IL to Woodland, IL. The community was named for the landowner who plotted out the village.

The village contained a railroad depot, grain elevator, and a grocery store (that operated until the late 1950's/early 1960's.^{[citation needed]} The grocery has since been converted into apartments.

References

v t e Municipalities and communities of Champaign County, Illinois, United States County seat: Urbana Cities Champaign Urbana Villages Allerton‡ Bondville Broadlands Fisher Foosland Gifford Homer Ivesdale‡ Longview Ludlow Mahomet Ogden Pesotum Philo Rantoul Royal Sadorus Savoy Sidney St. Joseph Thomasboro Tolono Townships Ayers Brown Champaign Colfax Compromise Condit Crittenden Cunningham East Bend Harwood Hensley Kerr Ludlow Mahomet Newcomb Ogden Pesotum Philo Rantoul Raymond Sadorus Scott Sidney Somer South Homer St. Joseph Stanton Tolono Urbana CDPs Lake of the Woods Penfield Seymour Other unincorporated communities Augerville Block Bongard Dailey Deers Dewey Dickerson Dillsburg Fairland‡ Flatville Fulls Gerald Giblin Glover Jimtown Leverett Lotus Mayview Mira Parkville Pauline Prospect Rising Rutherford Sellers Sloan Station Staley State Road Tipton Tomlinson Wilbur Heights Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties