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2021 Map of Crisp

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Crisp
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Skillet Fork and its various tributaries define the low-lying drainage of western Wayne County, where the small community of Crisp serves as a central reference point in this rural Illinois landscape. The terrain transitions from the watercourses of Little Dry Fork and Miller Cr toward localized elevations like Linder Hill, illustrating the typical prairie and creek-bottom topography of the region.

Genealogists and local historians will find a high density of burial sites across this quadrangle, including the Cincinnati Cem, Hopewell Cem, and Forth Cem. The map documents the persistent rural road network, with numbered county roads and routes like Co HWY 27 connecting isolated farmsteads and landmarks such as Rock Bluff Bridge and Harris Bridge. These features, alongside the expansive Round Prairie, provide a detailed record of the mid-to-late 20th-century land use and settlement patterns in this part of the state.