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1998 Map of Ashmore

Name: 1998 Topographic Map of Ashmore
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2003
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2003

About this map

The Embarras River winds through the heart of this East-Central Illinois landscape, carving a heavily wooded riparian corridor that contrasts sharply with the surrounding agricultural grid of Morgan and East Oakland townships. Near a sharp bend in the river, the Airtight Bridge serves as a notable crossing point, while the smaller Little Embarras River and Brush Creek drain the upland fields to the east. The village of Ashmore anchors the southeastern corner of the sheet, situated along the Charleston rail line and just south of the Reed Landing Strip.

Genealogists will find a high concentration of family and community burial grounds scattered across the rural sections, including St Omer Cem, Knoch Cem, and Miller Cem. The map also captures the local spiritual and economic landscape, from the Oak Grove Ch in the north to the industrial activity of the southern Quarry sites near Polecat Creek. This documentation preserves the footprint of small-town and rural Coles County life at the close of the twentieth century.