2021 Map of Arcola

About this map

The city of Arcola serves as the central hub of this East Central Illinois landscape, where the flat agricultural prairie of the Grand Prairie region is divided by an orderly grid of section roads. Located primarily within Douglas County, the area is defined by its deep ties to the land and a history of managed drainage, exemplified by the Arcola Drainage Ditch Number 4. To the north, the small settlement of Galton sits along the rail line and highway corridor that bisects the map vertically. Genealogists will find a wealth of data across several burial grounds, including the Arcola Township Cem on the eastern edge of the city and the Campbell Cem to the west. The southern portion of the map crosses into Coles County, where the meandering course of the Kaskaskia River provides a rare break in the geometric regularity of the surrounding farmsteads.