1981 Map of Payson
USGS Topo · Published 1981About this map
Payson and Plainville anchor this southern Adams County landscape, illustrating a late-twentieth-century pattern of rural Illinois life. The topography is defined by the drainage networks of Pigeon Creek and Tournear Creek, which carve deep, wooded fingers through the agricultural uplands. A striking concentration of family and community burial grounds, including Tandy Cem, Nichols Cem, and Franks Cem, offers significant detail for genealogists tracing the early settlement of Burton and Payson townships. Evidence of local infrastructure and industry appears in the Krutmeier Landing Strip and a nearby Quarry, while the southern border traces the line between Adams and Pike Counties. The map preserves the exact locations of rural institutions like the High Sch and Shiloh Cem, showing how these small hubs organized the social geography of the prairie before modern consolidation.
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