2012 Map of Gifford

About this map

Gifford and the surrounding agricultural landscape of Champaign County are meticulously documented in this 2012 survey. The town center is detailed with its local street grid, including N Main St and S Park St, while the outskirts are marked by small-scale aviation at Busboom Airport. For genealogists, the map is particularly useful for locating burial grounds throughout the rural townships, such as Holy Sepulchre Cem to the west and Beckman Cem in the south. The drainage patterns that support this productive Illinois farmland are clearly visible, defined by the winding course of the Spoon River, the smaller Prairie Cr, and the straight, engineered path of the Flatville Drainage Ditch. Scattered rural sites like Dillsburg and the Mennenga Farm anchor the landscape between the section-line roads of the county highway system.