1982 Map of Grove City

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Buckhart Creek and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad corridor define the agricultural and industrial character of this central Illinois landscape. The 1982 map shows a region shaped by energy extraction, featuring the Roby East Oil Field in the northwest and the Consolidated Oil Field to the northeast. Small rural settlements like Bolivia and Grove City anchor the community, while numerous individual oil wells and pipelines cut across the traditional section lines of Mount Auburn and Buckhart townships. Genealogy researchers will find significant landmarks for family history, including the Buckhart Cem, Hinckle Cem, and Bethel Ch. The terrain is generally level prairie punctuated by the notable Sand Ridge and the winding course of local waterways, reflecting a late-twentieth-century balance between commercial drilling and long-standing farming operations.