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2024 Map of Manlius

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Manlius
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

The village of Manlius serves as the central hub for this Bureau County landscape, where the intersection of Princeton Rd and Backbone Rd defines the local transport geography. This territory is heavily shaped by agricultural water management, evidenced by an extensive network of drainage features including Ditch Number 6, Smith Ditch, and the evocatively named Devils Slough Ditch. These man-made channels support the fertile prairie land around the Green River, illustrating the long-term engineering required to maintain the region's productive farmlands.

Genealogists and local historians will find several significant burial sites preserved on this sheet, from the centrally located Manlius Cem to the outlying Follett Cem and New Bedford Chapel Cem. To the southeast, the Sand Hill Baptist Cem marks another corner of the township's early community life. The rigid grid of county roads, such as 2125 N Ave and 900 East St, partitions the landscape into the traditional sections characteristic of the Illinois interior.