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2024 Map of Chandlerville

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Chandlerville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

The Sangamon River carves a broad valley through this central Illinois landscape, forming the natural boundary between Mason and Cass Counties. The river's historical path is traced by a complex network of backwaters and sloughs, including Theivaught Slough, Johnson Slough, and numerous oxbow lakes such as Big Lake and Wolf Lake. On the southern terrace of this flood plain, the village of Chandlerville serves as the primary settlement, situated near the confluence of Little Panther Creek.

South of the river valley, the terrain shifts abruptly into the dissected uplands of Maximillian Hollow and Questing Hills Rd. Genealogists will find several well-documented burial sites across the quadrangle, from the Snicarte Cem in the north to the Bell Cem and Chandlerville Cem further south. Smaller communities like Saidora and Snicarte anchor the northern reaches of the map, connected by a grid of county roads that navigate the fertile bottomlands.