2021 Map of Okawville

About this map

The Kaskaskia River snakes across this portion of southern Illinois, creating a complex corridor of oxbows and backwaters like Halfmoon Lake, Moody Lake, and Benson Slough. At the heart of the landscape, Okawville serves as a central hub for the surrounding agricultural community, where the intersection of W Elm St and N Front St anchors the town grid. The transition from the river bottomlands to the higher ground is marked by Heimanns Hill and the engineered drainage of the Sycamore Drainage Ditch. For those researching family history in the region, the map is remarkably dense with burial sites. Numerous family and denominational grounds are distributed through the countryside, including the Saint Barbara Catholic Cem, the Independent Order of Oddfellows Cem, and Ebenezer Cem, reflecting the deep-rooted settlement patterns of Washington and Clinton counties.