1953 Map of Yorkville SE

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The prairie landscape of the Naausay and Seward townships is defined by the branching tributaries of the Aux Sable Creek. At the time of this survey, the area remained predominantly agricultural, anchored by the settlement of Plattville in the southwest and a network of rural schoolhouses and churches. The branching of the West Aux Sable Creek, Middle Aux Sable Creek, and East Aux Sable Creek across the central township illustrates the natural drainage patterns of the Illinois till plain before modern residential expansion. The presence of several family-named landmarks, such as McCauley Sch and Marysville Sch, along with the Naausay Cem, provides essential points of reference for genealogists tracing nineteenth and early twentieth-century rural life in this corner of Kendall County.