Dawson, IL

united states

Dawson is a small farming community in central Illinois, about 15 miles southeast of Springfield via Interstate 55 and local roads. Illinois Route 29 runs north-south through town, connecting it to the state capital and agricultural areas to the south. The community of 536 residents sits amid rolling prairie devoted to corn and soybean production. Grain elevators rise above the residential streets, visible for miles across the flat farmland.