1961 Map of Canton

About this map

Canton serves as the focal point of this Madison County landscape, where the Illinois Central railroad bisects the town's grid near the County Fairground. The topography transitions from the developed center out toward the bottomlands of the Big Black River, which forms the western boundary. Along this river, the terrain is marked by distinctive oxbows and landforms like Beatties Bluff and Beech Ridge. In the southeast, blue hatching indicates areas planned to be submerged by the Pearl River Valley Reservoir, capturing the landscape just before significant hydrological change.