Maps

Someone scanned and uploaded the entire 1911 Atlas township maps to the Internet. As of November 2025, nobody has scanned and uploaded the entire 1893 Atlas township maps. Dale C. Maley has scanned and uploaded some 1893 Fairbury area township maps to Archive.Org.

  1. 1673 to 1782 Moses map showing Native American tribes in Illinois. The Kickapoo later moved south to the Fairbury area.
  2. 1765 map showing Kickapoo in Central Illinois. From Mr. Mather's 1890 book.
  3. 1838 original survey maps of Fairbury area Townships
    1. Avoca Township
    2. Belle Prairie Township
    3. Indian Grove Township
  4. 1847 Augustus Mitchell map showing early trails. Includes ghost town of Cassville near Pontiac and Middleport which was later renamed to Watseka.
  5. 1854 railroad map showing Cassville, Middleport, and Oliver's Grove.
  6. 1876 Map of Livingston County.
  7. 1893 Atlas Avoca Township map.
  8. 1893 Atlas Belle Prairie Township map.
  9. 1893 Atlas Indian Grove Township map.
  10. 1893 Atlas showing the layout of the ghost town of Avoca including street names.
  11. Link to all 1911 Atlas township maps.
  12. 1911 Atlas Avoca Township map.
  13. 1911 Atlas Belle Prairie Township map.
  14. 1911 Atlas Indian Grove Township map.
  15. 1931 Map of Livingston County by Henry Mies. Includes Indian trails and Indian camps. Hand-drawn by Henry J. Mies (1869-1932).
  16. 1935 Plat Map Of Avoca Township, Illinois
  17. 1939 Coal mining tunnel map
    1. Map from County Clerk's office.
    2. Tunnels overlaid on modern Google Maps
  18. 1950 Avoca Township Plat Map
  19. 1955 Glacial map of Illinois showing major moraines in the Fairbury area.
  20. 1984 map showing all Apostolic Christian churches in America.
  21. 1997 And 2003 Nipundikan Map Of Tribal Villages In Illinois. It shows the 650 person village of the Kickapoo that lived south of Fairbury from 1828-1830 and then south of Chatsworth from 1830-1832.
  22. 2016 Map by DC Maley showing location of ghost towns of Lodemia and Avoca.
  23. Country school map showing all 299 country schools that were in Livingston County with their school names. From Lucille Goodrich's book on School History.
  24. Map Illustrating Location Of Village Of Avoca Using 1876 And 2023 Roads
  25. Maps from Alma Lewis James' Stuffed Clubs & Antimacassars book
    1. Original village plus all the additions up to 1900.
    2. Map of businesses in Fairbury in 1880.
  26. Old Map Of Fairbury, Illinois By Local Record Office Company
  27. Population Density maps of Illinois. This series of maps show that Fairbury and Livingston County were the last parts of Illinois to be settled.
    1. 1820 Map
    2. 1830 Map
    3. 1840 Map
  28. Underground Railroad map showing route from west of Fairbury through Pontiac and up to Ottawa.