Findlay, IL

Findlay is a village in Shelby County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 664 residents. Two state parks, Eagle Creek State Park and Wolf Creek State Park, are located near Findlay. Both parks are at Lake Shelbyville — Findlay calls itself "The Heart of Lake Shelbyville" in tourist advertising. Okaw Valley is a K-12 district that was created in 2001 when the schools of Bethany and Findlay consolidated their individual school districts. A newcomer can read Findlay through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Findlay comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.