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1917 Map of Brownfield

Name: 1917 Topographic Map of Brownfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Ohio River shoreline and the complex drainages of Bay Creek and Massac Creek define this rural landscape in Southern Illinois. Originally surveyed in 1914 and updated for the 1940s, the map reveals a dense network of country schools and small rail-stop communities. Settlements like Dixon Springs and Old Brownfield serve as nodes in a territory where every township, from Eddyville to Logan, is anchored by local educational institutions such as Miller Grove School and Sulphur Spring School.

The presence of the Illinois railroad line influenced the development of Dixon Springs Sta (also known as Renshaw P O) and Reevesville. Further south, the landscape shifts toward the lowland engineering of the New Columbia Ditch and Gurley Ditch. Landmarks like War Bluff and Rising Sun rise above the surrounding creek valleys, providing a sense of the vertical relief that shaped early settlement patterns before the mid-century.