Farmer City anchors the northeastern corner of this DeWitt County landscape, where the southern reaches of the town meet the wetlands surrounding Salt Cr. The map reveals a transition from organized municipal streets to the vast agricultural grid that characterizes Central Illinois. To the west, the infrastructure of the Parnell Oil Field near the settlement of Parnell indicates the local extraction industry, while the sprawling waters of Lake Clinton dominate the southwestern portion of the quadrangle. Several distinct burial grounds are scattered throughout the countryside, including McCord Cem, Barnes Cem, and Greenleaf Cem, which serve as vital markers for genealogical research in this rural region. The presence of Weidner Landing Field in the east and the small rail-aligned settlement of Fullerton further illustrate the varied transportation and land-use patterns of the early twenty-first century.
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1937 · Monticello
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1943 · Monticello
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1951 · Le Roy
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1952 · Arrowsmith
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1957 · Maroa
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1958 · Peoria
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1961 · Peoria
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1963 · Peoria
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1979 · De Witt
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1979 · Monticello
USGS Topo · 1:24,000