2012 Map of Glasford

About this map

The Illinois River corridor defines this portion of Peoria County, where the industrial presence of the Kingston River Terminal meets a landscape etched by backwater sloughs and agricultural tracts. In the early 21st century, the village of Glasford serves as a central hub for the surrounding rural sections, connected to smaller settlements like Lancaster and Kingston Mines by a grid of named county roads. The mapping reveals a distinct hydrological pattern where Dry Run and Peyton Cr drain toward the river's wide floodplain, which is punctuated by features such as Coon Hollow Island and Ferry Lake Slough. Local history is preserved through numerous family and community burial grounds, including Union Cem, Hinkle Cem, and Kingston Mines Cem, which are scattered among the ridges and creek valleys away from the river’s edge.