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2015 Map of Fillmore

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

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Fillmore stands as the primary community in this rural Illinois landscape, situated at the intersection of N Main St and E Fillmore St. The surrounding countryside is deeply marked by its nineteenth-century burial grounds and small settlements, including Van Burensburg and the hamlet of Chapman. For family historians, the area is rich with named cemeteries such as Shiloh Presbyterian Cem, Glendale Cem, and Hurricane Cem, which are scattered throughout the agricultural tracts north of the Bond County line.

The terrain is defined by a dense network of watercourses, with the E Fork Shoal Cr and Dry Fork meandering through the timbered bottoms and feeding Rocky Ford Lakes and Fillmore Lake. The density of burial sites, including the Cress Cem and Neathery Cem, suggests a long-standing pattern of family farming and local church communities that have remained central to this portion of Montgomery County over many generations.