About Beckemeyer, Illinois

Beckemeyer is a village in Clinton County, Illinois, where the 2020 census recorded 923 residents. Originally called Buxton, the community was laid out in 1866 after beginning as an Ohio and Mississippi Railroad way station. Coal mining and industry shaped much of its recorded history.

  • Early SettlementSamuel B. Watkins was reported as the area's first settler around 1817.
  • Railroad BeginningsThe community was laid out in 1866 and named Buxton in honor of a railroad attorney.
  • A New NameAn election held on February 22, 1905, changed the village's name from Buxton to Beckemeyer.
  • Miners Memorial ParkA memorial built in 1997 honors Nine Beckemeyer residents killed in the 1947 Centralia coal mine explosion.
  • Industrial CleanupAfter Circle Smelting closed in 1994, about 35,000 cubic yards of contaminated material were removed from more than 300 properties and placed beneath concrete.

Find your street

Names on the Beckemeyer 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

  • Beckemeyer Community Park

Streets and roads47

  • Harper
  • Harrer
  • East Old US Highway 50
  • Highway 50 East
  • Harper Street
  • East Wilson Avenue
  • Old US Highway 50 West
  • Carter Street
  • County Highway 6
  • Kaskaskia
  • Carter Road
  • Kaskaskia Road
  • Fifth Street
  • Lincoln Street
  • Old US Highway 50
  • First Street Road
  • East First Street
  • East Second Street
  • Beckemeyer Avenue
  • East Third Street
  • East Fourth Street
  • Randall Street
  • Railroad Street
  • Louis Street
  • Wilson Street
  • Scoville Street
  • Elizabeth Street
  • Randolph Street
  • Third Street
  • West Second Street
Show all 47 streets
  • West First Street
  • Fourth Street
  • Dora Street
  • Maddux Street
  • Christina Street
  • Hummert Street
  • Smelter Road
  • Buxton Street
  • Murray Street
  • Mc Kinley
  • Beckemeyer Road
  • Short Street
  • Sharp Street
  • Bartelso Road
  • East Fifth Street
  • Christina
  • Dora

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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.

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