2021 Map of Holder

About this map

Kickapoo Cr and Money Cr wind through the agricultural landscape of McLean County, defining the drainage patterns that shaped the early layout of this central Illinois region. The eastern outskirts of Bloomington transition into a structured grid of rural roads, including Bentown Rd and N 2100 East Rd, which connect several small, historic settlements. Locations such as Bentown, Holder, and Padua serve as local landmarks along the transit corridors, while Downs occupies the southern reaches near the fork of Little Kickapoo Cr. For genealogists, the map is particularly valuable for its placement of several rural burial grounds, including Benjaminville Cem near Bentown, Pleasant Grove Cem, and Lebo Cem. This 2021 study illustrates how modern infrastructure and legacy farmsteads coexist in a prairie landscape that has remained remarkably consistent in its settlement distribution over the decades.