2015 Map of Tolono

About this map

Tolono and Pesotum anchor the eastern corridor of this landscape, situated along the primary transportation routes connecting northern Champaign County with the Douglas County line to the south. The area is defined by its extensive drainage network, where the headwaters of the Kaskaskia River and its various man-made improvements like the Kaskaskia Ditch suggest a long history of agricultural reclamation. For genealogists, the map is particularly dense with small family and parish burial grounds, ranging from the Saint Patrick and Saint Marys cemeteries near the main settlements to more isolated sites such as Craw Cem and O'Bryan Cem near Parkville. The rectilinear road grid, dominated by numerous numbered county roads, underscores the organized agricultural layout of central Illinois in the early 21st century, while the presence of Jimtown and Sadorus further west highlights the distribution of small rural communities.