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2018 Map of Benson

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Benson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Panola and Benson serve as central points in this Woodford County landscape, which is defined by a strictly organized grid of county roads and the winding drainage patterns of Panther Creek. The land is predominantly agricultural, yet it preserves a significant record of local genealogy through several family and community burial grounds, including Clayton Cemetery, Carroll Cemetery, and Harper Cemetery.

Transportation and utility are represented by a network of regional airstrips like Unzicker Airport and Barnstorm Field, while the southern edge of the map begins to transition into the more developed outskirts of El Paso. The various branches of the creek system, such as Little Panther Creek and West Branch Panther Creek, carve natural paths through the survey blocks, creating a distinct contrast between the rigid section lines of the Public Land Survey System and the fluid topography of the Illinois prairie.