About Kansas, Illinois

Kansas is an Edgar County village whose early development was closely tied to the railroad. Surveyed in 1853 under the name Midway, it grew between Charleston and Paris within a farming district. The village incorporated in 1858, and the 2020 census recorded 670 residents.

  • Survey and PlatCounty Surveyor Benjamin F. Lodge surveyed the village site in June 1853, and its plat was recorded on July 16.
  • First Called MidwayThe settlement was initially known as Midway because it stood between Charleston and Paris.
  • Incorporated in 1858Kansas incorporated in 1858, with Dr. John Mills presiding at the meeting.
  • Railroad Era IndustryA historical state encyclopedia listed tile works, two grain elevators, a canning factory, and railway machine shops in Kansas.
  • Deckerball OriginsIn or before 1972, Kansas High School students and their physical education teacher invented a game called Deckerball.

Find your street

Names on the Kansas 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.

Streets and roads45

  • East Jefferson Street
  • Jefferson Street
  • North Front Street
  • South Front Street
  • Front Street
  • Second Street
  • East North Street
  • Fourth Street
  • Hollingsworth Road
  • North Franklin Street
  • North Brown Street
  • 650 North
  • Buena Vista Street
  • Lafayette Street
  • Center Street
  • 600 North
  • East 600th Road
  • East 650th Road
  • Brown Street
  • East Street
  • North 125th Street
  • Water Street
  • Illinois Street
  • South Franklin Street
  • Madison Street
  • Catherine Street
  • Lincoln Street
  • Third Street
  • High Street
  • Virginia Avenue
Show all 45 streets
  • West North Street
  • Washington
  • Maple Street
  • Estelle Street
  • Horton Street
  • Eighth Street
  • Cook Drive
  • Ninth Street
  • Fifth Street
  • Seventh Street
  • Cherry Avenue
  • Sixth Street
  • John Street
  • Washington Street
  • Cherry 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

About This Print

Choose an archival matte print, or a black or white Ayous wood frame. The archival matte print is unframed.

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Materials & Craftsmanship

A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.

Your printed map does not include the watermark shown in the full-map preview.

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Nearby

Maps of towns near Kansas

Know someone from one of these towns? Their map makes a great gift.

More maps nearby: Oakland, Brocton, Charleston, Hindsboro and Paris.

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