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2021 Map of Claytonville

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Claytonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Claytonville and the surrounding prairie of Iroquois County are defined by a grid of agricultural section roads and the meandering courses of local waterways. The landscape is punctuated by small rural settlements such as Goodwine and Hickman, which serve as quiet hubs for the farming community. Genealogy researchers will find several significant burial sites, including the Ash Grove Cem near Little Mud Creek and the Old Apostolic Christian Cem further south toward the community of Fountain Creek.

The drainage network across these fields is extensive, featuring Whisky Cr, Pigeon Creek, and the winding Mud Creek. A small body of water, Miller Spring Lake, sits near the northwestern corner by the settlement of Pitchin. This modern survey by the U.S. Geological Survey illustrates how the early 20th-century township patterns and rural infrastructure persist in the contemporary Illinois countryside, maintaining a landscape of small hamlets and family cemeteries.