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2015 Map of Golden Gate

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Golden Gate
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Golden Gate and the surrounding rural townships sit at a point where Wayne, Edwards, and White counties converge. This 2015 survey documents a landscape deeply shaped by the serpentine path of the Little Wabash River, which creates a complex network of oxbows and backwaters. The terrain is marked by distinctive water features like Half Moon Pond, Horseshoe Pond, and Old River Pond, indicating an environment where seasonal flooding and river migration have historically dictated land use and settlement patterns.

Local family history is preserved through numerous small burial grounds distributed across the countryside, including Wilson Cem, Gash Cem, and Antioch Cem. Transportation through these bottomlands relies on crossings like the Old Iron Bridge and Hodgson Bridge, while the elevation of Beech Bluff provides a rare point of relief in the otherwise low-lying river valley. The map provides a contemporary record of the road network and agrarian boundaries that have defined this Illinois river corridor for generations.