Lanark serves as the primary hub of this Illinois landscape, situated at the intersection of local routes and featuring a dense grid of streets like E Pearl St and W Dame St. The settlement is anchored by central community markers including the Po and the Lanark City Cem on its southern edge. Outside the town, the land is defined by a geometric network of section roads and the winding paths of Straddle Cr, Rock Cr, and Otter Cr. These waterways cut through the prairie, often crossed by rural thoroughfares such as Telegraph Rd and Brookville Rd. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of rural burying grounds like the Chadwick Methodist Cem and Union Cem, offering a precise spatial record of the township's 21st-century rural development and historical road alignments.
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1930 · Woodsung
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1934 · Morrison
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1940 · Morrison
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1942 · Mt Carroll
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1942 · Forreston
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · Mt Carroll
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1945 · Forreston
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1946 · Sterling
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1948 · Sterling
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1954 · Rockford
USGS Topo · 1:250,000