1969 Map of Centralia West

About this map

Industrial and educational growth characterizes the landscape of Marion and Clinton Counties at the end of the 1960s. Centralia serves as the dominant urban hub, its grid-pattern streets housing facilities such as the Murray State Childrens Center, Fairview Park, and numerous neighborhood schools like Schiller Sch and Lincoln Sch. To the west, the emergence of Kaskaskia College represents the era's investment in higher education, while the Shattuc Oil Field and the complex intersection of the Burlington Northern, Baltimore and Ohio, and Southern railroads reveal the region's heavy reliance on transit and natural resources. Along the winding course of Crooked Creek, the map preserves the location of many family and community burial grounds, including Barker Cem and Petrea Cem, which offer significant value for genealogical research into the rural townships of Brookside and Sandoval.