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1916 Map of Campbell Hill

Name: 1916 Topographic Map of Campbell Hill
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The Mississippi River creates a dynamic border between Illinois and Missouri, winding past Crains Island and Liberty Island near the settlement of Rockwood. This 1916 survey, topographic work by Gilbert Young and Frank W. Hughes, reveals a landscape defined by sharp elevation changes and a dense network of early 20th-century rural infrastructure. North of the river, the Mobile and Ohio RR and Missouri Pacific RR serve industrial and agricultural hubs like Willisville, Steeleville, and Percy.

Researchers will find a high concentration of educational sites, such as Denmark School, Buchanan School, and Swamp Hollow School, illustrating the density of family farming communities before mid-century consolidation. The varied terrain includes the heights of Shiloh Hill and Campbell Hill, while the lowlands are marked by features like Lovets Pond and Cingue Hommes Bend. From the Bois Brule bottomlands to the upland ridges of Wine Hill, the map documents the complex relationship between the floodplains and the interior settlements of Randolph and Jackson counties.