Norris City topographic map

Name: Norris City topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Norris City, White County, Illinois, United States (37.96207 -88.33785 37.98840 -88.31938)

Average elevation: 128 m

Minimum elevation: 116 m

Maximum elevation: 146 m

The book, “Illinois, a Descriptive and Historical Guide,” compiled in 1939 by Federal Works Agency, Works Project Administration, states that Norris City, altitude 444, population 1109, a trading center for an agricultural and coal mining district was named in honor of a pioneer settler, William Norris. A reference report of the Illinois State Historical Library states, “No information is available in our records as to the origins of the name, Norris City.”

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