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1985 Map of Carlyle Lake

Name: 1985 Topographic Map of Carlyle Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Carlyle Lake and the expansive Kaskaskia River basin anchor this mid-1980s survey of southwestern Illinois. The landscape is a study in post-war suburban expansion and vital infrastructure, showing the dense residential clusters of Belleville, Edwardsville, and Collinsville contrasted against the managed wilderness of the Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Management Area. Higher education and military presence are prominent, with Southern Illinois Univ (Edwardsville), McKendree College, and the sprawling grounds of Scott Air Force Base serving as regional landmarks.

A complex transportation grid of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad intersects with the developing interstate system. For the local historian, the map preserves the exact placement of institutional sites like Lakeview Memorial Gardens Cem and St Joseph Hospital, alongside smaller agricultural hubs such as Damiansville and St Rose that maintain the rural character between the larger industrial centers.