2021 Map of Alexander

About this map

Alexander and Franklin anchor this portion of Morgan County, where a grid of rural roads connects several small, historic rail-and-road settlements. The landscape is defined by the winding course of Mauvaise Terre Cr and its tributaries, such as Woods Cr, which cut through the agricultural sections. For genealogists, the map is particularly valuable for identifying several local burial grounds, including Sulphur Springs Cem near the center of the sheet and Sacred Heart Cem to the south. The proximity of Orleans, Pisgah, and Yeomans illustrates the tight-knit network of communities that developed around the transport corridors of central Illinois. Named roads like Old State Rd and Prairie College Rd suggest the early institutional and thoroughfare history of the region, while the presence of the Union Baptist Rd points to the religious life of these prairie townships.