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1982 Map of Gibson City West

Name: 1982 Topographic Map of Gibson City West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Gibson City serves as the focal point of this Central Illinois landscape, where the agricultural heartland meets the critical junctions of the Norfolk and Western and Illinois Central Gulf railroads. This era of the early 1980s shows the town's peripheral industry and entertainment, including a Drive-in Theater and a local Sewage Disposal Plant. The rural surroundings are divided into named townships like Drummer, Anchor, and Bellflower, reflecting a highly organized surveying grid typical of the region.

Waterways like the Sangamon River and Drummer Creek snake through the flat prairie, which is punctuated by smaller rural points like Derby, Harpster, and Proctor. Genealogists may find value in the locations of Township Cem and Mt Hope Cem, while the presence of the Wright Landing Strip and a Wooden Pole Trans Line provide insights into the local infrastructure and transport during this period of the late 20th century.