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2024 Map of Cooks Mills

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

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

The Kaskaskia River meanders through the heart of this landscape, its winding course defining the border between Moultrie and Coles counties. The settlement of Cooks Mills sits near a bend in the river, serving as a focal point for a rural network of farm-to-market roads like Cooks Mills Rd. To the south, the community of Coles is positioned near the junction of several drainage systems, including Crabapple Creek and Whitley Creek.

For genealogists and local historians, this survey provides the precise locations of several family and community burial grounds that dot the prairie, including Smith Cem, Pierce Cem, and Zoar Cem. The small siding of Fuller and the Mount Zion Cem further illustrate the early settlement patterns of these central Illinois townships, where the flat upland plains give way to the wooded bluffs of the river valley.