2015 Map of Macedonia

About this map

Macedonia and the surrounding rural townships of southern Illinois are defined by a network of family-named roads and cemeteries that follow the divide between the Franklin Co and Hamilton Co line. The landscape is dominated by the drainage of the Middle Fork Big Muddy River, with smaller tributaries like Goose Creek and Akin Creek cutting through the agricultural terrain. Settled pockets like Flint and Diana provide evidence of early township development, while the density of burial grounds, including Mount Nebo Cemetery, Atchisson Cemetery, and Gilgal Cemetery, offers valuable geographic markers for local genealogy. The road network, featuring names like Snow Flake Road, Sheep Farm Road, and N Bolen Store Road, reflects a long-established rural economy and a community structure rooted in nineteenth-century land tracts.