2024 Map of Versailles

About this map

Versailles serves as the primary hub of this Brown County landscape, situated atop a plateau where the terrain begins to break toward the McKee Creek valley to the south. The area is defined by a dense concentration of small, family-named burial sites, suggesting a deeply rooted agricultural history and ancestral landholdings. Notable among these are the Benjamin Robinson Burial Ground, the Ichabod Perry Cem, and the dual Logsdon Number 1 and Logsdon Number 2 cemeteries. The topography is marked by the prominent Wheeler Ridge, which overlooks the winding Camp Creek as it carves through the local township lines. Smaller settlements like Hersman and Gilbirds anchor the northern and central sections, while the presence of the Hambaugh-Martin Number Five Reservoir and Kleinlein Farm Pond reflect the importance of local water management in this rural Illinois community.