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2012 Map of Flanagan North

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Flanagan North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

The village of Flanagan and the community of Graymont anchor this agricultural landscape in Livingston County, where a dense grid of rural roads connects scattered family-named sites. The land is drained by a network of waterways including Diamond Cr, Mole Cr, and the Vermilion River, which is spanned by Bradley Bridge in the northeast corner. For genealogists, the map is remarkably dense with burial grounds, ranging from established church sites like Nigh Chapel Cem to family-linked locations such as Johnson Farm Cem and Walden Farm Cem.

Infrastructure like the Adams RLA Number 1 Airport and local landmarks such as Springer Cem, Morris Cem, and Earp Cem reveal a deeply rooted rural society. The geography follows a strict section line pattern, typical of the Illinois prairie, while more fluid features like Short Point Cr and Scattering Point Cr meander through the flat fields, defining the natural hydrology before joining larger regional systems.