1982 Map of Little York

About this map

Little York and the surrounding agricultural townships of Sumner and Spring Grove define this portion of the western Illinois prairie as it appeared in the early 1980s. The landscape is deeply etched by a network of drainage ways, most notably Henderson Creek and Cedar Creek, which provide topographical relief against the systematic grid of rural roads and farmsteads. Evidence of earlier transportation infrastructure is visible in the north, where an Old Railroad Grade cuts through Suez township toward Alexis Junction. Several focal points for local genealogy and community history are present, including the Norwood Ch and its namesake settlement Norwood. Scattered family and community burial grounds like Cedar Creek Cem, Spring Grove Cem, and Brownlee Cem offer a tangible link to the 19th-century pioneers who established these townships.