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1950 Map of Jackson North

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Jackson North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

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Jackson anchors the southern portion of this mid-century survey, revealing the city's northward expansion toward the Middle Fork Forked Deer River. The landscape is a transition from the urban core of the Jackson High Sch and Lane College vicinity to the rural outskirts and small communities like Oakfield and Gilmore. This era shows a well-defined institutional and social landscape, with numerous country schools such as Pope Sch and Brown Sch alongside local landmarks like the Jackson Country Club.

Transportation corridors including the Illinois Central Gulf railroad and Ashport Road dictate the settlement patterns through the hilly terrain between Turkey Creek and Johnson Creek. Genealogists will find a wealth of specific local data, from the Hicks Cem and Ridgecrest Cem to several neighborhood churches like Bible Grove Ch and Pleasant Hill Ch, which served the outlying agricultural residents before the later 20th-century suburban shift.