About Bishop Hill, Illinois

Bishop Hill is a Henry County village rooted in a Swedish religious colony founded in 1846 under Eric Jansson. The communal settlement formally dissolved in 1861, while its surviving Janssonist buildings are recognized on the National Register of Historic Places. The 2020 census recorded 113 residents.

  • Swedish BeginningsIn 1846, about 400 Swedes, mainly from Halsingland, combined their resources and followed Erik Jansson to Henry County.
  • Communal ColonyProperty was held collectively until financial troubles led colonists to abandon the communal system, which formally ended in 1861.
  • Historic LegacyBishop Hill is home to a state historic site, and surviving buildings constructed by the Janssonists are nationally listed historic places.
  • Village PopulationThe United States Census Bureau counted 113 people in Bishop Hill in 2020.
  • All LandCensus gazetteer files report a total village area of 0.53 square miles, entirely on land.

Find your street

Names on the Bishop Hill 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

  • Bishop Hill Historic District

Streets and roads28

  • North Bishop Hill Street
  • South Bishop Hill Street
  • Knox Street
  • East Main Street
  • County Highway 39
  • Erickson Street
  • West Knox Street
  • East Knox Street
  • North Park Street
  • Johnson Street
  • Kronberg Street
  • West Main Street
  • Park Street
  • Olson Street
  • Front Street
  • Cemetery Street
  • Christina Street
  • Bergland Street
  • Maiden Lane
  • Swanson Street
  • Helena Street
  • Jacobson Street
  • Bjorland
  • Lindstrom Street
  • River Street
  • Main Street
  • Heeden Street
  • Church Street

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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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