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2012 Map of Wakefield

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Wakefield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

The small community of Wakefield serves as the focal point of this rural Illinois landscape in southeastern Richland County. This area is defined by its agricultural grid, where long county roads like N 1000th St and E 100th Ave section off a terrain drained by numerous winding waterways including Hurricane Creek, Sugar Creek, and Coon Creek. In the western reaches, the tiny settlement of Passport sits along the road network near the banks of Jesse Creek.

Genealogists will find several family-named burial sites across the township, such as Hankins Cemetery in the north and Trobaugh Cemetery to the east. Distinctive local landmarks like Onion Hill and small water bodies such as Berry Lake and Nix Lake break up the farmland. The map provides a look at the rural infrastructure and cemetery locations that have anchored these farming communities for generations.