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2021 Map of Southwest Pontiac

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Southwest Pontiac
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Pontiac sits at the northern edge of this Illinois prairie landscape, where the street grid transitions into a vast network of agricultural section lines and drainage ways. The southern outskirts of town are marked by Southside Cem, while the historic corridor of Old Rte 66 cuts diagonally across the terrain, passing through the small community of Ocoya. This transportation artery runs parallel to the modern interstate, tracing a path through the heart of the county's farmland.

Waterways like Rooks Creek and Turtle Cr meander through the fields, their courses often punctuated by local burial grounds such as Rooks Creek Cem and Payne Cem. At the southern border, the map captures the transition from Livingston County into McLean County, where the northern edges of Chenoa and Weston appear. This modern survey provides a clear view of how these small prairie settlements and their connecting rural roads have evolved around the primary transit corridors of the region.