2012 Map of Shipman

About this map

Piasa, Miles Station, and Woodburn anchor this northern Macoupin County landscape, where the prairie transitions into the drainage basins of the W Fork Wood River and E Fork Wood River. The map reveals a deeply rooted rural community, evidenced by numerous family and local burial grounds including Shipman Cem, Saint Denis Cem, and Stewart Cem. The local economy and land use are characterized by agricultural facilities like the Puregenis Pork Farm and water management features such as the Shipman Reservoir and the uniquely designated Illinois No Name Number 2042 Reservoir. A dense grid of secondary roads, from Shipman Cutoff Rd to Brighton Bunker Hill Rd, connects these small settlements and outlying farmsteads, tracing the development of this Illinois farming region.