(Compiled from USGS GNIS data [current and historical/pre-2021], 1884 Historical Atlas of Ford County by Beers, 1908 History of Ford County by Gardner, Ford County ILGenWeb, and related historical publications/atlases. Includes populated places, civil/administrative units, cemeteries, groves, streams/bodies of water, railroads, parks, hills/ridges, and other documented features. Post-2021 GNIS excludes cemeteries, parks, schools, and similar cultural features, so those are noted from historical sources. Minor streets/roads within towns are not exhaustively named in sources beyond occasional references like Ottawa Street; only specifically documented ones are included. Variants/historical names appear in parentheses. Approximate 100+ unique documented names; no major hills or large natural lakes exist in this prairie county.)
Beset Grove (historical grove, site of 1858 July 4 celebrations; atlas)
Blackford Cemetery (cemetery, Gibson City East quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Brenton Cemetery (cemetery, Buckley NW quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Brenton Township (civil township; GNIS)
Burr Oaks (historical grove/site for Sibley; atlas/history)
Button Station (see Clarence)
Button Township (civil township; GNIS)
Cabery (populated place/village, partial in Rogers Township on Kankakee County line; GNIS)
Clarence (unincorporated/historical populated place, Button Township; also Button Station or Kirk’s Station; GNIS)
Clayton Cemetery (cemetery; genweb/GNIS historical)
Corn Grove (historical grove/pond feature; atlas)
Corn Grove Pond (historical pond; atlas)
Court House Park (park, Paxton; atlas)
Deep Cut (railroad cut/feature, Paxton; atlas)
Derby (unincorporated/historical populated place, Drummer Township; GNIS)
Dix Township (civil township; GNIS)
Drummer (see Gibson City)
Drummer Grove (historical grove, ~1 mile NW of Gibson City; namesake of township; atlas/genweb)
Drummer Township (civil township; GNIS)
Drummer Township Cemetery (cemetery, Gibson City West quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Elliot Cemetery (or Elliott Cemetery; cemetery; genweb/GNIS historical)
Elliott (village, Dix Township; also Elliot Station; GNIS)
Elkhart Grove (historical Kickapoo hunting/settlement grove; atlas)
Enterprise (see Gibson City)
Farmersville Cemetery (cemetery, Perdueville quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Garber (unincorporated/historical populated place/station, Drummer Township; GNIS historical)
Garber Station (see Garber)
Gibson (see Gibson City)
Gibson City (city, Drummer Township; historical variants: Drummer, Enterprise, Gibson; GNIS)
Glen Cemetery (cemetery, Paxton quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Guthrie (unincorporated/historical populated place, Dix Township; also Guthrie Station; GNIS)
Hall Cemetery (cemetery, Paxton quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Harpster (unincorporated/historical populated place/station, Drummer Township; GNIS historical)
Harpster Station (see Harpster)
Henderson Station (see Perdueville)
Holderman’s Grove (historical grove, early travel reference; atlas)
Illinois Central Railroad (historical/main railroad line through county; atlases/histories)
Kankakee & Southwestern Railroad (historical line; atlas)
Kelley Cemetery (aka Mona Cemetery; cemetery; genweb/GNIS historical)
Kempton (village, Mona Township; GNIS)
Kirk’s Station (see Clarence)
Lake Erie & Western Railroad (L.E.&W.; historical line; atlas)
Lyman Cemetery (cemetery; genweb/GNIS historical)
Lyman Township (civil township; GNIS)
Meharry Cemetery (cemetery, Perdueville quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Melvin (village, Peach Orchard Township; GNIS)
Melvin Cemetery (cemetery, Melvin East quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Middle Fork of the South Vermilion River (stream; atlas)
Mona Cemetery (see Kelley Cemetery)
Mona Township (civil township; also spelled Mono in some old records; GNIS)
Mona Township Cemetery (cemetery, Cabery quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Mount Hope Cemetery (cemetery, Sibley quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Mount Olivet Cemetery (cemetery, Rankin quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Mount Thunder (sand ridge/hill feature, Drummer/Panhandle area; atlas)
Oliver’s Grove (historical grove, early emigrant route/camping site; atlas)
Oregon Cemetery (cemetery, Gibson City East quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Ottawa Street (named street reference in Paxton railroad area; atlas)
Park Hill Cemetery (cemetery; genweb/GNIS historical)
Patton Township (civil township; GNIS)
Paxton (city/county seat, Patton Township; historical variants: Prairie City, Prospect City, Spiritual Hollow; GNIS)
Peach Orchard (historical grove/orchard, namesake of township; atlas/genweb)
Peach Orchard Township (civil township; GNIS)
Pella Township (civil township; GNIS)
Pells Park (park, Paxton area; genweb)
Perdueville (unincorporated/historical populated place, Patton Township; also Henderson Station; GNIS)
Piper City (village, Brenton Township; historical variants: Brenton, New Brenton; GNIS)
Pleasant Grove Cemetery (cemetery, Rankin quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Pontoppidan Cemetery (cemetery, Perdueville quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Prairie City (see Paxton)
Prospect Cemetery (cemetery, Paxton quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Prospect City (see Paxton)
Proctor (unincorporated/historical populated place, Drummer Township; GNIS historical)
Rogers Township (civil township; GNIS)
Saint Joseph Cemetery (cemetery, Cabery quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
School Section Grove (historical grove/picnic site near Roberts; atlas)
Sibley (village, Sullivant Township; historical variant: Burr Oaks; GNIS)
South Fork of the North Vermilion River (stream; atlas)
Spiritual Hollow (early name for Paxton area; atlas)
St Mary's Cemetery (cemetery; genweb/GNIS historical)
Sullivant Township (civil township; also spelled Sullivan in some old records; GNIS)
Sugar Grove (historical grove/settlement, early emigrant route; atlas)
Ten Mile Grove (historical grove, early travel route; atlas)
Ten Mile Grove Cemetery (cemetery, Perdueville quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad (historical line; histories)
Trickel Grove (historical grove/settlement, Button Township; also Trickle Grove; atlas/genweb)
Trickle Grove Cemetery (or Trickel Grove Cemetery; cemetery, Paxton quad; genweb/GNIS historical)
Turtle Pond (historical pond, south of Oliver’s Grove; atlas)
Vermilion Swamp (or Vermilion Swamps; marsh/swamp features, Mona/Pella area; atlas)
Wabash Railroad (historical line; atlas)
Wall Township (civil township; GNIS)
Wallace Cemetery (cemetery, near Elliott; genweb/GNIS historical)
This list encompasses all documented names from the specified sources. Ford County’s flat prairie landscape yields few natural hills or large water bodies; most features are human-named (settlements, cemeteries, groves as timber landmarks, and rail lines). Obscure or short-lived railroad sidings, schoolhouses, or minor drainage ditches without formal names are not exhaustively catalogued in publications. For GPS coordinates or current status of any entry, consult the official USGS GNIS database or county GIS.
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