2021 Map of New Berlin

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New Berlin and its northern neighbor Berlin serve as the primary hubs of this central Illinois landscape, where the flat upland prairie is carved by the meandering courses of Lick Cr and Spring Cr. The map reveals a high concentration of pioneer and denominational burial grounds, such as Saint Mary's Catholic Cem and Saint John's Lutheran Cem, which often sit at the edges of the original timber lines where the prairie meets the creek bottoms. Small, persistent settlements like Island Grove, Prouty, and Huffaker are distributed along a grid of section-line roads, illustrating the enduring agricultural organization of Sangamon County. The presence of numerous small family or community cemeteries, including Foutch Cem, Wilcox Cem, and Hodgerson Cem, provides a detailed record of rural settlement patterns that have remained remarkably stable into the 21st century.