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2015 Map of Avon

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Avon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Avon serves as a central hub where four Illinois counties—Warren, Knox, Fulton, and McDonough—converge in a landscape defined by rolling agricultural uplands and the dendritic drainage of Swan Cr and Gallett Cr. The area is characterized by small, established agricultural communities like Saint Augustine to the north and Prairie City to the southwest, connected by a network of rural roads such as N Flat Iron Rd and CR-20.

Genealogists will find this 2015 survey particularly valuable for its precise documentation of numerous small burial grounds that dot the countryside, including the Holeman Cem and the distinct Old Prairie City Cem. The terrain is etched by several watercourses including Cedar Creek and Aylesworth Br, showing how the local topography has influenced the placement of homesteads and cemetery sites away from the primary floodplains.