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1920 Map of Dongola

Name: 1920 Topographic Map of Dongola
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The State Hospital and the bustling rail junctions of Dongola define this section of southern Illinois as it appeared during the 1919-1920 survey. This landscape is a complex intersection of county lines and transportation corridors, where the Illinois Central and Mobile and Ohio railroads cut through the hills and wetlands. The southern portion of the map is dominated by the sprawling Cache River and its associated bottomlands, including Cypress Creek and various ponds like Morgan Pond and Swan Pond. These water bodies and ridges, such as Butter Ridge, heavily influenced the placement of early settlements and the winding routes of local roads.

A dense network of rural infrastructure serves the agricultural community, including specialized local schools like Sitter School, Barringer School, and Forestview School. Numerous country churches, such as Camp Ground Church and St Johns Church, acted as social anchors for the scattered population. The transition from the more developed town of Anna in the northwest to the wetlands around Perks and Ullin in the south illustrates the varied geography of Union, Pulaski, and Johnson counties.