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2000 Map of Eliza

Name: 2000 Topographic Map of Eliza
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2001
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2001

About this map

The unincorporated community of Eliza and the small hamlet of Petersville anchor this rural landscape in Mercer County at the turn of the millennium. The terrain is defined by the complex drainage systems of Copperas Creek and Eliza Creek, which carve deep, wooded ravines into the surrounding farm acreage of Drury and Buffalo Prairie. These watercourses create a dissected landscape where agricultural fields are punctuated by steep, timbered slopes and narrow valley floors.

Local history is preserved in small landmarks such as Union Ch and three distinct burial grounds including Eliza Creek Cem, Miller Cem, and Leach Cem. The map illustrates a rural settlement pattern that remained largely unchanged into the late 20th century, following the established section lines of the Public Land Survey System even as the county line between Rock Island and Mercer counties divides the northern edge of the sheet.