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1943 Map of Ashley

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Ashley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Ashley serves as a central rail junction on this mid-century survey, situated where the Louisville And Nashville crosses the Illinois Central railroad. The landscape reflects a dense 19th-century rural organization, with the Third Principal Meridian and the Base Line intersecting near Irvington, providing the foundational grid for the region's farms and small settlements. The area is dotted with dozens of named country schools such as Oniontown Sch and Frog Ridge Sch, indicating the localized nature of community life before mid-century consolidation.

Industrial activity and civic life appear through features like the Conta Colliery near the Radom area and the Blissville Polling House further south. The topography is dominated by the Grand Prairie and drained by networks including Crooked Creek and Rayse Creek. For genealogists, the map preserves specific church and burial locations, including the Odd Fellows Cem and St Michael Cem near the Polish settlement of Radom.