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1945 Map of McLeansboro

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of McLeansboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

The county seat of Mc Leansboro serves as the focal point of this Southern Illinois landscape, where the Louisville and Nashville and Illinois Central railroads intersect. This 1940s survey reveals a dense network of rural infrastructure, including a significant number of one-room schoolhouses like Buckingham Sch, Rally Hill Sch, and Sulphur Springs Sch that anchored local farming communities.

The terrain is defined by low-lying drainages such as Tenmile Creek and the Big Muddy River, which wind through agricultural lands and open areas like Knight Prairie. Small religious centers and rural settlements including Piopolis and Dahlgren illustrate the mid-century settlement patterns of Hamilton and Jefferson Counties. Genealogists will find particular value in the numerous plotted burial sites, including Shelton Cem and Rawls Cem, which remain as markers of the area's early family homesteads.