2015 Map of Williamsville

About this map

Williamsville and Sherman serve as the primary hubs in this central Illinois landscape, which straddles the junction of Menard, Logan, and Sangamon counties. The area is defined by the drainage basins of Wolf Creek and Fancy Creek, where the terrain gently rises toward Mount Fulcher in the northeast. This 2015 record documents a region shaped by agricultural roots and modern transit, with the Interstate 55 corridor cutting a diagonal path through established farming communities. Genealogists will find a high density of rural burial grounds preserved here, including Fancy Creek Cemetery and Wolf Creek Cemetery. Smaller named locales such as Peabody, Barclay, and Van Wood highlight the distributed settlement patterns common to the Illinois prairie. The map also features aviation history at Bock Farms Airport, providing a detailed look at land use just before the most recent decade of suburban expansion north of Springfield.