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2015 Map of Elmwood

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

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

The city of Elmwood and the village of Brimfield anchor this portion of the Peoria-Knox county line, where the landscape transitions from agricultural tablelands into the winding drainage basins of the West Fork Kickapoo Creek. In the southwest, the street grid of Elmwood is clearly defined, featuring landmarks such as the Elmwood City Cem and Saint Marys Cem. The drainage pattern is a dominant characteristic of the area, with Walnut Cr and Tiber Cr carving subtle valleys through the prairie.

Smaller settlements and rural junctions like Southport provide critical context for local history, centered around its namesake Southport Cem. The map traces the modern transportation corridor where Interstate 74 cuts across the northern half of the sheet near Brimfield Cem, contrasting with the older section-line road network that defines the rural character of this Illinois heartland. For those tracing family roots, the distribution of small burial grounds like Lehigh Cem offers precise coordinates for 19th and 20th-century genealogical research.