1964 Map of Pawnee

About this map

The agricultural landscape of Pawnee dominates this mid-1960s study, where the village center is defined by the Chicago and Illinois Midland railroad and local industry. Near the tracks, evidence of the area's geological utility appears in the Claypit and a Mine Dump further east near the settlement of Ellis. The map captures a quiet rural network of family-named landmarks and small communities across the Sangamon, Christian, and Montgomery county lines. Waterways like Horse Creek and its tributaries, including Henkle Branch and West Branch, carve through the townships of Ball, Cotton Hill, and Bois D'Arc. For genealogists and local historians, the inclusion of Horse Creek Cem, Calvary Cem, and the Zenobia Ch provides essential markers of the area's mid-century social fabric and settlement patterns.