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1968 Map of Maple Park

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Maple Park
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The Chicago and North Western railway anchors this section of the Northern Illinois prairie, connecting the small agrarian hubs of Maple Park, Virgil, and the crossroads at Richardson. The landscape is defined by an orderly grid of family-named roads such as Mc Gough Road, Peplow Road, and Thomas Road, which serve the scattered farmsteads and rural cemeteries of the late 1960s.

Infrastructure shifts are visible in the drainage network of Union Ditch No 3 and the presence of a local Landing Strip south of the main settlement. Notable community landmarks include SS Peter and Paul Sch and several burial grounds like Thatcher Cem and South Burlington Cem. This survey also tracks subtle elevation changes like Mt Hunger, showing a region transitioning with modern revisions to its schools and roads.