2024 Map of Hopedale

About this map

The Hopedale village center serves as the primary hub of this Tazewell County landscape, situated where the terrain transitions from organized town grids to the winding riparian corridors of the Mackinaw River. The geography is defined by a dense network of watercourses, including the Little Mackinaw River, Indian Creek, and Sargent Slough, which have historically shaped the placement of local roads and farmsteads. For genealogists and local historians, the sheet is exceptionally detailed in its documentation of rural burial grounds, ranging from the Hopedale Mennonite Cem to smaller family sites like Orendorff Cem, Griesemer Cem, and Danforth Cem. South of the main village, the settlement of Brownwood appears along the north-south transit corridor, while the Klemm Memorial Woods provides a rare pocket of conserved woodland amidst the productive agricultural fields that characterize this central Illinois region.