
Roberts and Melvin anchor this portion of the Illinois prairie in Ford County, where the landscape is defined by a rigorous section-line road grid and extensive agricultural drainage. The village of Roberts is the primary settlement, featuring a Po and the Lyman Township Cem at its northern edge. The transition from the flat uplands to the engineered waterways of the Big Four Ditch system highlights the human transformation of this fertile territory for large-scale farming.
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1982 Gibson City West
Ford County, IL

1983 Gibson City East
Ford County, IL

1984 Perdueville
Ford County, IL

1986 Buckley NW
Ford County, IL

1986 Melvin East
Ford County, IL

1986 Melvin West
Ford County, IL
2012 Buckley NW
Ford County, IL
2012 Gibson City East
Ford County, IL
2012 Gibson City West
Ford County, IL
2012 Melvin East
Ford County, IL
2012 Melvin West
Ford County, IL
2012 Perdueville
Ford County, IL
2015 Buckley NW
Ford County, IL
2015 Gibson City East
Ford County, IL
2015 Gibson City West
Ford County, IL
2015 Melvin East
Ford County, IL
2015 Melvin West
Ford County, IL
2015 Perdueville
Ford County, IL
2018 Buckley NW
Ford County, IL
2018 Gibson City East
Ford County, IL
2018 Gibson City West
Ford County, IL
2018 Melvin East
Ford County, IL
2018 Melvin West
Ford County, IL
2018 Perdueville
Ford County, IL
2021 Buckley NW
Ford County, IL
2021 Gibson City East
Ford County, IL
2021 Gibson City West
Ford County, IL
2021 Melvin East
Ford County, IL
2021 Melvin West
Ford County, IL
2021 Perdueville
Ford County, IL

2024 Buckley NW
Ford County, IL

2024 Gibson City East
Ford County, IL

2024 Gibson City West
Ford County, IL

2024 Melvin East
Ford County, IL

2024 Melvin West
Ford County, IL

2024 Perdueville
Ford County, IL