Loading map...

2012 Map of Athensville

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Athensville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Athensville sits at the center of this rural landscape, where a network of county roads like Co HWY-3 and Palmyra Rd connect isolated homesteads and family burial grounds. The terrain is defined by a dense system of waterways including Apple Cr and its many tributaries, such as Negro Lick, Long Br, and Cole Br. This drainage pattern created a series of ridges and hollows, most notably Happy Hollow southeast of the main settlement.

Genealogists will find a high concentration of historic cemeteries distributed across the countryside, documenting the area's early families. These include the Athensville Cem, Drake Million Cem, and the Vandaveer Cem. The map also captures the transition between Greene and Macoupin counties, marked by the Macoupin Co Line Rd, illustrating the persistence of late 19th-century land divisions and agricultural road patterns into the modern era.