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2015 Map of New City

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of New City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

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Lake Springfield dominates the northwestern corner of this central Illinois landscape, its branching fingers reaching toward the educational campuses of Lincoln Land Community College and the University of Illinois at Springfield. The terrain transitions from these modern institutional developments to the rural agricultural lands of Sangamon and Christian counties. Smaller communities such as New City and Beamington anchor the southern plains, connected by a network of section roads like New City Road and the path of Old Route 66.

Genealogists will find a high density of rural burial grounds, including the Motterville, Zion, and Vigal cemeteries, which are scattered among the drainages of Horse Creek and Brush Creek. The South Fork Sangamon River winds through the eastern portion of the quadrangle, passing near Cotton Hill and the small airfield at Holmes Airport, illustrating the mixture of aviation, education, and early 21st-century farming life.