About Assumption, Illinois

Assumption is a city in Christian County with 1,155 residents recorded in the 2020 census. It began in 1852 as an Illinois Central Railroad station known as Tacusa or Tacusah. French Canadian settlers established nearby L'Assomption in 1856, and the post office adopted Assumption in 1858.

  • From Station to CityThe community began as a railroad station in 1852 and was incorporated as the City of Assumption in 1876.
  • Coal Mining LegacyAssumption's coal mine, abandoned in the 1930s, descended more than 1,000 feet and was claimed as the deepest in Illinois.
  • A Longstanding BankFounded in 1900, the First National Bank of Assumption claims to be Christian County's oldest bank.
  • Kemmerer VillageA bequest of 400 acres in 1884 led to the opening of Kemmerer Orphan Home in 1914.

Find your street

Names on the Assumption map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks1

  • Saint Marys Cemetery

Streets and roads50

  • West Second Street
  • North Chestnut Street
  • East Second Street
  • East Leafland Avenue
  • North Business 51
  • East 1200 North Road
  • West Leafland Avenue
  • Assumption Avenue
  • South Locust Street
  • South Oak Street
  • North Mary Street
  • North 2600 East Road
  • East Illinois Street
  • West First Street
  • West Third Street
  • West Samuel Street
  • West Illinois Street
  • South Business 51
  • West North Street
  • East Samuel Street
  • East First Street
  • North Poplar Street
  • East North Street
  • North Locust Street
  • North Oak Street
  • North Walnut Street
  • South La Rochelle Street
  • North Hickory Street
  • North Saint John Street
  • South Chestnut Street
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  • North College Street
  • Colegrove Street
  • South Poplar Street
  • Sarah Street
  • Saint Peter Street
  • Louisiana Street
  • Maple Street
  • Elder Street
  • South College Street
  • South Saint John Street
  • Kemmerer Street
  • South Hickory Street
  • North La Rochelle Street
  • South Walnut Street
  • North 2500 East Road
  • Oak Street
  • Park Street
  • Lacharite Street
  • South Mary Street
  • Mary Street

Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.

The art of mapping a place

How This Map Was Made

Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.

  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

    Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.

  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

    Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.

  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

    Geography becomes art

    Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.

Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

The Details

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