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2018 Map of Charleston South

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Charleston South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The southern reaches of Charleston and the wooded bluffs of Fox Ridge define this landscape south of the university. The campus of Eastern Illinois University transitions into a terrain deeply carved by the Embarras River and its numerous tributaries, including Kickapoo Creek and Indian Creek. This drainage network is anchored by Lake Charleston and the smaller Ridge Lake, which reflect the area's hydrological development in the late twentieth century.

Genealogists and local historians will find a dense concentration of burial sites throughout the rural township, from the Old Charleston Cemetery and Chambers Cemetery near the city center to outlying family and community grounds like Hurricane Cemetery and Mount Tabor Cemetery. The map also preserves the locations of small settlements such as Janesville, Campbell, and Diona, situated along the section lines and old county roads that weave through the watershed of Cottonwood Creek.