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2015 Map of Dalton City

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Dalton City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Dalton City serves as the primary hub of this agricultural landscape at the tri-county junction where Macon, Shelby, and Moultrie Counties meet. The settlement is positioned along the diagonal corridor of Old IL-121, which cuts across a grid of rural section roads like E Andrews St Rd and N 2000 Dora Township Rd. This transportation network facilitates the regional farming economy, connecting remote farmsteads to the central grain elevators and rail-aligned infrastructure of the village.

Waterways including Marrowbone Cr, Big Cr, and Brush Cr carve subtle drainage patterns through the prairie, providing natural landmarks for local history researchers. Genealogists will find notable burial sites such as New Hope Cem and Walker Cem tucked away near these creek beds. Further south, the presence of Sharp Airport highlights the continued utility of small-scale aviation in the modern Illinois interior.