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1959 Map of Equality

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Equality
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The North Fork Saline River defines the northern lowlands of this Illinois survey, where the town of Equality sits at the junction of road and rail. The landscape is sharply divided between the river valley and the rising Wildcat Hills, a heavily wooded terrain that transitions into the Shawnee National Forest. Industrial activity is evident in the multiple mines, including the Wildcat Mine and several unidentified mines and strip mines that follow the coal seams of the region.

Genealogists will find numerous small rural cemeteries such as Lloyd Cem and Barnett Cem, along with the Negro Spring Salt Well, pointing to the area's early industrial history. Small rail stops and settlements like Lawler and Gibsonia are linked by the Louisville and Nashville and Baltimore and Ohio railroads, while the rugged southern portion is marked by named hollows like Poplar Hollow and Burnt Shanty Hol.