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2018 Map of Mattoon West

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Mattoon West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The city of Mattoon serves as the focal point of this Illinois survey, illustrating the urban grid and residential expansion at the intersection of local history and modern infrastructure. The map details the transition from the city's western neighborhoods, characterized by streets like Broadway Ave and Marshall Ave, into the surrounding rural landscape where small communities like Gays, Paradise, and Etna maintain their distinct identities. The presence of several historic burying grounds, including Dodge Grove Cem and Old Baptist Cem, provides valuable spatial data for researchers tracing family heritage in the Coles, Shelby, and Moultrie County borderlands.

Water management and recreation define the southern terrain, where the Little Wabash River feeds into Lake Paradise and Lake Mattoon. The regional importance of higher education is anchored by the Lake Land College campus on the eastern edge of the quadrangle. From the drainage of Buttermilk Ditch to the agricultural reaches of Magnet, the map captures a mature landscape of well-established farms and infrastructure that has evolved over more than a century of settlement.