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2018 Map of Latham

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Latham
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Latham serves as the primary hub of this Central Illinois landscape, where the confluence of three counties—Logan, Macon, and Sangamon—defines the local geography. The village's street grid, including E 2nd St, is situated near Laenna Lake, a small water body just west of the town center. The surrounding agricultural prairie is drained by a complex network of waterways, most notably the N Fork Lake Fork and S Fork Lake Fork, which meander through the township lines of T18N R1W and T17N R1W.

Smaller settlements and rural landmarks provide valuable points of interest for local historians, such as the community of Narita located along a bend in the northern fork. Cemetery locations, including Lake Bank Cem and Two Mile Grove Cem, remain preserved among the section lines and rural routes like Heman Rd and Poland Rd. This landscape reflects the enduring importance of the North Third Principal Meridian in the region's historical surveying and land division.