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1996 Map of McClure

Name: 1996 Topographic Map of McClure
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1998
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1998

About this map

The Mississippi River dominates this mid-1990s geography of the Illinois-Missouri border, carving a wide path that creates Devils Island and the Picayune Chute. Along the eastern bank in Illinois, a complex network of drainage features like Main Ditch and Big Ditch underscores the region's history of managing bottomlands for agriculture and settlement. The Illinois Central RR runs parallel to the river, connecting small communities like McClure and Reynoldsville that sit protected behind an extensive Levee system.

Local history is preserved in landmarks such as Brooks Sch and Hobbs Chapel, while the rugged eastern terrain is defined by the Shawnee National Forest and its winding hollows. Genealogists can locate family-named features like the Lindsay Cem and trace the proximity of East Cape Girardeau to the larger Missouri city of Cape Girardeau across the water. This survey illustrates the delicate balance between the river's natural course and the engineered infrastructure of the late 20th century.