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Farmsville

Ghost town · Woodford County, Illinois

Danvers quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1927, 1:62,500)
Danvers quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1927, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Farmsville is a ghost town in Woodford County, Illinois. It is one of 2 former communities in Woodford County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 34th among the 78 Illinois counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Farmsville as a historical populated place on the Danvers topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.6209° N, 89.2398° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDanvers
Elevation639 ft
Nearest living townGoodfield, IL
Distance to it1.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1824273
Coordinates40.62087, -89.23981

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What's there now

Farmsville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Goodfield, IL (population 986), about 1.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 639 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Farmsville?

Farmsville is in Woodford County, Illinois, at 40.6209, -89.2398.

How many ghost towns are in Woodford County?

Woodford County, Illinois has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.