2018 Map of Wakefield

About this map

The small unincorporated community of Wakefield sits on the border of Richland and Jasper Counties, surrounded by a landscape defined by small watercourses and family burial grounds. This rural interior of Illinois features a network of creeks, including Sugar Cr and Hurricane Cr, which drain into localized basins like Nix Lake and Berry Lake. The map reveals the long-standing importance of local genealogy through several established cemeteries such as Pleasant View Cem and Hankins Cem, which serve as landmarks in an area dominated by agricultural fields and county roads. To the south, the settlement of Passport is positioned near Jesse Cr, while the prominence of Onion Hill provides one of the few significant elevation changes in the otherwise steady terrain of the southern Illinois prairie.