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1948 Map of Flora

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Flora
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Flora and Clay City serve as the primary hubs in this late 1940s landscape, positioned along the busy corridor of the Baltimore And Ohio Rr. The surrounding countryside is a dense network of agricultural homesteads, marked by a high concentration of one-room schoolhouses such as McKinney Sch, Brushville Sch, and Pleasant Dale Sch. This pattern of rural development reflects an era of localized community life before the consolidation of rural districts, where family-named landmarks like Jenkins Cem and Hanna Cem anchored the social geography of southern Illinois.

The Little Wabash River winds through the northern portion of the map, flanked by bottomlands like Flag Pond and Salt Pond. Further south, the landscape transitions into the open spaces of Indian Prairie and Long Prairie. Notable religious sites, including Lathrop Chapel and Mt Zion Ch, are scattered throughout the region alongside smaller settlements like Rinard and Cisne, providing a detailed look at the township-and-range settlement patterns across Clay and Wayne counties.