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1947 Map of Jonesboro

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Jonesboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

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The Mississippi River dominates the western landscape of this 1947 survey, carving a complex boundary of chutes and towheads including Picayune Island and Swiftsure Towhead Chute. East of the floodplains, the terrain rises sharply into the Shawnee National Forest, where high ridges like Atwood Ridge and Hamburg Hill are punctuated by fire towers and state-managed timberlands. The settlement pattern follows the narrow corridor between the river and the bluffs, with hamlets like Ware and McClure situated along the Missouri Pacific and Illinois Central rail lines.

Industrial and agricultural markers are scattered throughout the region, from the State Nursery in the Union County State Forest to the extensive pipe line network crossing through Dongola hollows. Longstanding community hubs like Kornthal Church and rural schoolhouses such as the Misenheimer School and Lingle Sch offer precise location data for genealogists tracing family roots in Southern Illinois during the mid-century.