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2015 Map of Highland

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

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

The city of Highland occupies the northern reaches of this Illinois landscape, where a dense grid of streets like Main St and Broadway meets the open agricultural lands of southern Madison County. The map details a transition from municipal development to a rural network of family-named roads and remote farmsteads. Smaller communities and rural hubs like Saint Morgan are situated near the crossing of Madison Co and St. Clair Co, illustrating the region's historical political boundaries.

Water plays a central role in the topography, with numerous small impoundments such as Lake Wanda, Ron Lake, and Sportsman Lake punctuating the drainage basins of Sugar Cr and Little Silver Cr. For genealogists and local historians, several burial grounds are preserved here, including the Saint Joseph Cem on the edge of town and the Sugar Creek Presbyterian Cem to the southeast. Private family heritage is further evidenced by the Rietmann Family Cem, located along the winding Michael Rd.