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1953 Map of Green Rock

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Green Rock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The confluence of the Rock River and the Green River anchors this landscape in Henry County, where the infrastructure of a previous era persists alongside post-war developments. Evidence of the region's 19th-century transport network is preserved in the path of the Illinois Mississippi Canal (Abandoned), including Lock No 28, Lock No 27, and Lock No 26, which run parallel to the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad tracks.

Rural community life is documented through numerous family and local landmarks, from the Bostle Mine in Edford to the small settlement of Morristown. Genealogists will find several burial grounds, including Dayton Cemetery and Morristown Cemetery, as well as several country schools like the Stewart School and Hanna Center School that served the outlying farming districts before the expansion of Green Rock and Colona.