Edwards County, Illinois property search
Search an address or an owner in Edwards County, Illinois with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 7,574 lots are mapped here, covering 99,721 acres. 522 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Edwards County received $4 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 467 recipients. 30 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Peru. Crop insurance paid $1.7 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 7,574
- Lots mapped
- 99,721
- Acres
- 522
- Institutional
Land use in Edwards County
Parcels and acreage by land use in Edwards County, Illinois| Land use | Parcels | Acres |
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| 0021 | 2,391 | 75,018 |
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| 0040 | 1,581 | 1,259 |
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| 0011 | 667 | 21,545 |
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| 0030 | 243 | 187 |
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| 0060 | 193 | 197 |
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| 0090 | 175 | 396 |
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| 0029 | 56 | 1,059 |
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| 0080 | 13 | 41 |
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| 0020 | 1 | 10 |
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| 0028 | 1 | 10 |
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Largest landowners in Edwards County
Largest landowners by acreage in Edwards County, Illinois| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| WATERS PROPERTIES LLC | 30 | 1,510 |
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| ILES G FAMILY LTD PARTNERSHIP | 21 | 670 |
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| LEVEL ACRES INC | 22 | 662 |
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| TIMBERLAND RESOURCES OF IL LLC | 10 | 661 |
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| SMITH'S SUNNY SLOPE FARM LLC | 13 | 533 |
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| CYPRESS LANE LLC | 8 | 515 |
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| J L KELSEY FARM LLC | 13 | 406 |
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| ROETTGER ELECTRIC CO INC | 11 | 349 |
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| REID FARMS L P | 8 | 321 |
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| LUTHE R FARMS INC | 8 | 258 |
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Companies, trusts and public agencies, ranked by acres held under the name on the assessor's file. Private individuals are not ranked. Largest landowners in Illinois
Federal farm payments in Edwards County
- $4M
- Paid in 2025
- 467
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Edwards County, Illinois, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $2.9M |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $671K |
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| CRP Payment - Annual Rental | $446K |
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| Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County | $27K |
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| Agricultural Risk Coverage - Individual | $4K |
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| CRP Cost-Share Web-Based | $902 |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Edwards County
- 30
- Acres disclosed
- 1
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Edwards County, Illinois, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Peru | 30 |
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USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county
Crop insurance in Edwards County
- 676
- Policies
- 91,281
- Insured acres
- $1.7M
- Claims paid
- 0.33
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Edwards County, Illinois, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Soybeans | $1.3M |
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| Corn | $367K |
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| Grain Sorghum | $47K |
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| Wheat | $32K |
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| Pasture,Rangeland,Forage | $15K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 3,204
- CRP acres, 2025
- 9
- Substations
- 1
- 345 kV and up
- 345 kV
- Highest voltage
Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.
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Edwards County last published these records on July 10, 2023. Assessment records, not a survey.