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1970 Map of Evansville

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Evansville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Kaskaskia River snakes through this Randolph County landscape, serving as a defining geographical feature just before it reaches its confluence with the Mississippi. Near the river's bend sits Evansville, where the concentration of local heritage is evident in the presence of St Boniface Cem, St Peters Cem, and the nearby St Johns Ch. To the south, the village of Ellis Grove stands near the edge of the river valley, while the smaller settlements of Roots, Flinton, and Collins are situated along the lower western reaches of the quadrangle.

Transportation and industry are centered on the Missouri Pacific railroad line, which runs through the southwestern corner near a quarry. The land is dissected by numerous waterways including Horse Creek, Ninemile Creek, and Plum Creek, which feeds into Schaffner Lake. Genealogists may find value in the scattered rural burial grounds like McCormick Cem, Kelly Cem, and Stipe Cem, which mark the early footprints of the area's agricultural families.