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1998 Map of Cullom

Name: 1998 Topographic Map of Cullom
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2003
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2003

About this map

Cullom and Emington serve as the primary hubs in this agricultural section of Livingston County during the late 1990s. The landscape is defined by the steady, gridded progress of the Public Land Survey System, which organizes the townships of Union, Broughton, and Sullivan. Waterways like Gooseberry Creek, Broughton Creek, and Fivemile Creek cut soft, meandering paths across the otherwise orderly square sections, providing natural drainage for the surrounding farmland.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant value in the preservation of several rural burial grounds. Centered around the town of Cullom are Westlawn Cem and St Johns Cem, while the outlying areas are marked by Township Cem and Sullivan Center Cem. The placement of these cemeteries and the local churches often reflects the early social centers of the farming communities that established themselves between the creeks before the towns consolidated along the rail lines.