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Fayette County, Illinois property search

Search an address or an owner in Fayette County, Illinois with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 21,869 lots are mapped here, covering 447,539 acres. 2,688 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in Fayette County received $21.5 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 1,833 recipients. 1,129 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Greece. Crop insurance paid $5.3 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.

21,869
Lots mapped
447,539
Acres
2,688
Institutional

Land use in Fayette County

Parcels and acreage by land use in Fayette County, Illinois
Land useParcelsAcres
Farmland without Improvements8,364313,270
Residential Improved6,1754,566
Farm with Improvements3,080109,969
Residential Land / Lots1,3641,023
Commercial637829
Exempt5954,895
Wooded Acreage Transition59110,219
Commercial Apartments – 6 Units or More212218
Industrial83538
Other Unimproved Land72744
Locally Assessed Railroad38129
Residential Developer Land / Lots3712

Largest landowners in Fayette County

Largest landowners by acreage in Fayette County, Illinois
OwnerParcelsAcres
ILLINOIS STATE OF353,141
PARISH HOLDINGS LP352,636
G-BART PROPERTIES LLC512,549
DAIBER REAL ESTATE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP#1241,840
DUGAN STEVEN C LLC251,388
TEDRICK FARMS COMPANY261,308
KECK LAND CO LLC251,225
RIVER BEND FARM LLC261,169
WEHRLE FARMS INC301,158
TRIANGLE DEVELOPMENT LLC251,142

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 Fayette County

$21.5M
Paid in 2025
1,833
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Fayette County, Illinois, 2025
ProgramPaid
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$8.6M
Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops$7.9M
Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$2.9M
CRP Payment - Annual Rental$2M
CRP Cost-Share Web-Based$35K
CRP - Continuous Pip$27K

USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county

Foreign-held farmland in Fayette County

1,129
Acres disclosed
11
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Fayette County, Illinois, 2024
CountryAcres
Greece725
Canada264
No foreign investor listed125
Netherlands10
Cayman Islands5

Largest disclosed holders

Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Fayette County, Illinois
Holder (country)Acres
Richland Creek Energy, LLC (GREECE)725
Hancock Timberland Farmland Fund (CANADA)164
DL MULTI-COUNTY FARMS, LLC (998 - NO FOREIGN INVESTOR LISTED)125
SHELL OIL CO. (NETHERLANDS)10
Wood River Pipe Lines, LLC (CAYMAN ISLANDS)5

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 Fayette County

1,890
Policies
257,205
Insured acres
$5.3M
Claims paid
0.41
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Fayette County, Illinois, 2024
CropClaims
Soybeans$4M
Corn$1.2M
Wheat$21K
All Other Crops$2K

USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.

Conservation and the power grid

10,973
CRP acres, 2025
12
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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Nearby counties in Illinois

  • Effingham County23,569
  • Marion County33,867
  • Bond County14,477
  • Clay County15,621
  • Montgomery County25,794
  • Shelby County20,234
  • Clinton County27,964
  • Jasper County15,858

All Illinois counties

Fayette County last published these records on September 11, 2024. Assessment records, not a survey.