Brocton anchors this corner of the Illinois prairie, situated at a crossroads of section-line roads and former rail corridors in Edgar County. The landscape is defined by the headwaters of the Little Embarras River, which winds south from its origin near the village, and the drainage patterns of Brushy Fork and Shiloh Number 2 Drain. This 2015 survey reveals a terrain thoroughly organized for agriculture, yet peppered with small, family-named burial grounds that speak to a long history of rural settlement.
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1936 · Oakland
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1942 · Oakland
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1946 · Kansas
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1949 · Kansas
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Indianapolis
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Indianapolis
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Newman
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1956 · Villa Grove
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1957 · Indianapolis
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Decatur
USGS Topo · 1:250,000