Standard, IL

Standard is a village in Putnam County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 225 residents. Standard is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area. Berry Coal Company, a division of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad, hired John Cherry in 1905 to sink a new mine. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Standard, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Standard, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. They set up a new railroad between Granville and Oglesby to service the shaft.