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1949 Map of Lebanon

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Lebanon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

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Scott Field dominates the central landscape of this mid-century survey, its expansive military footprint situated between the agricultural and residential hubs of Lebanon and Mascoutah. The area's academic and social life is anchored by McKendree College and the Locust Hills Country Club, while the surrounding rural township is dotted with traditional country schools like Oak Hill Sch, Oak Grove Sch, and Choctaw Sch.

Transport and industry follow the east-west corridors of the Baltimore and Ohio and Southern railroads, which facilitated the growth of Summerfield and local ventures like the Quarry near Rock Spring Sch. Numerous family and community burial grounds, including Old Mascoutah Cem, Bridges Cem, and Nobeloch Cem, provide a valuable spatial record for genealogists. The drainage patterns of Silver Creek and Little Silver Creek define the lowlands between the emerging municipal sewage systems and the rising ground at Berger Hill.