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1947 Map of Linton

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Linton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

The heavy industrial footprint of Greene County is on full display in this late 1930s landscape, where numerous Strip Mine operations dominate the topography surrounding Linton. This area serves as a major transportation hub, evidenced by the dense network of competing rail lines including the Pennsylvania, Illinois Central, and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific. These tracks connect established communities like Midland and Vicksburg to the extraction sites and larger markets.

Beyond the industrial zones, rural life is marked by a high density of local institutions, from Morris Chapel and Olive Branch Ch to several numbered and named schoolhouses like Sassafras Sch and Bedwell Sch. The southern reaches of the quadrangle transition into the wetlands around Goose Pond Ditch and Beehunter Ditch, while the namesake Island City and its adjacent Island City Cem stand near the southern boundary, preserving the genealogy of this coal-country interior.