Highland serves as the primary hub of this Madison County landscape, where an organized street grid gives way to a network of rural roads and family-owned properties. The map reveals a community deeply connected to its agricultural roots, evidenced by large operations like Steinkoenig Dairy to the northwest and Bizenberger Dairy Farm in the south. Several family and community burial grounds, including the Rietmann Family Cem and Sugar Creek Presbyterian Cem, are preserved across the countryside, offering valuable data points for local genealogists and historians tracking early family settlements.
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1906 · Breese
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1907 · Breese
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1907 · Belleville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1927 · Edwardsville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1932 · Edwardsville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1935 · Lebanon
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1937 · New Douglas
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1944 · New Douglas
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1949 · Lebanon
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1949 · St. Jacob
USGS Topo · 1:24,000