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1998 Map of Tolono

Name: 1998 Topographic Map of Tolono
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2003
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2003

About this map

The agricultural plains of Champaign and Douglas Counties unfold in this detailed survey, anchored by the rail and road junctions of Tolono. The landscape is defined by the headwaters of the Kaskaskia River and several drainage systems like Twomile Slough and Hackett Branch. Small farming communities including Sadorus, Pesotum, and Parkville dot the grid, each serving as a local hub for the surrounding township lands of Colfax and Pesotum.

Family history researchers will find a significant concentration of rural burial grounds, such as Craw Cem and O'Bryan Cem, often located away from primary settlements. The presence of infrastructure like the Communication Tower and an Oil Well near the Tuscola border signals the modernization of this rural prairie at the close of the twentieth century, even as the older town footprints of Tolono and its Jr High Sch remain central to the community's identity.