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1969 Map of Dixon

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Dixon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Dixon serves as the focal point of this Webster County landscape, situated at the junction of several regional routes leading toward Providence and Henderson. The town's civic character is defined by the Dixon Lookout Tower and its proximity to City Lake and the larger Walker Lake to the west. The surrounding countryside reveals a dense network of local history, where small communities like Tilden and Wanamaker are anchored by landmarks such as the Wanamaker School and Fairview School.

Resource extraction and agriculture define the land use, with numerous Oil Well sites scattered across the northern drainage of Highland Creek. For genealogists, the map preserves the exact locations of family-named plots including Osborne Cem, Oak Grove Cem, and Townsend Cem. The Illinois Central Railroad cuts through the southeastern corner, while the hilly terrain culminates at the prominent Knoblick elevation in the northeast.