2018 Map of Fairview

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Fairview and Rapatee anchor this landscape along the boundary of Knox and Fulton Counties, where a dense network of country roads connects scattered homesteads and burial grounds. The area is defined by the winding drainages of Coal Cr and Swegle Cr, which cut through the agricultural tablelands to feed the Spoon River. Genealogists will find particular value in the numerous small family and community cemeteries documented here, including Markley Cem, Beer Cem, and Shumaker Cem, often tucked away near stream branches or road junctions. Water features like Keystone Anglers Club Lake and various forks of the local creeks reveal a terrain shaped by drainage and small-scale recreation. The grid of rural routes, such as E Coal Church Rd and Schoonover Rd, illustrates the persistent township and range settlement pattern that has organized this Illinois farmland for generations.