1979 Map of Manson

About this map

The town of Manson serves as the primary hub in this late 1970s survey of the Pocahontas and Calhoun County line. The landscape is defined by its agricultural layout, featuring an extensive network of drainage infrastructure including Ditch No 47 and Ditch No 9 & 13 feeding into South Branch Lizard Creek and East Cedar Creek. A notable conservation area, the Kalsow State Prairie, preserves a segment of the original prairie landscape amidst the surrounding farmland. Transportation is anchored by the Illinois Central Gulf railroad passing through the southern half of the quadrangle. For genealogists, the map is remarkably detailed, marking several burial sites such as Swedish Cem, Rose Hill Cem, and St Paul Cem, along with the Sherman School and a small Landing Strip north of the main settlement.