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2015 Map of Claytonville

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

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Claytonville and Goodwine serve as central nodes in this rural Iroquois County landscape, where the agricultural grid is deeply carved by a winding network of prairie streams. The path of Fountain Cr and its tributaries, including Pigeon Creek and the curiously named Whisky Cr, disrupt the straight lines of the township roads, creating pockets of varied terrain. These waterways likely influenced the placement of early settlements and rural cemeteries, which remain key landmarks for local history.

Genealogists will find several distinct burial sites preserved across the township, including Ash Grove Cem near Miller Spring Lake and Amity Cem situated east of Goodwine. Further south, the Old Apostolic Cem stands along CR-45. This map captures the area's transition between the small rail-aligned hamlets of Hickman and the surrounding farmland, reflecting a late-twentieth-century rural infrastructure that has remained largely intact.