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1961 Map of Medon

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Medon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Medon and the surrounding tri-county borderlands of Madison, Chester, and Hardeman counties are defined by a complex network of creeks and small farming communities in this early 1960s survey. The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad corridor serves as a primary north-south axis, passing through the town of Medon and past local landmarks like New Ch and the McDaniel Cem. The landscape transitions from agricultural holdings in the north to the wooded terrain of Chickasaw State Park in the south, which contains Lake Placid and Cypress Creek.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant detail in the distribution of rural institutions, including the Rosenwald Sch and numerous country churches such as Clover Creek Ch and Big Springs Ch. The map documents a traditional rural infrastructure of winding roads like Willoughby Road and Parkburg Road, connecting scattered settlements like Deanburg and Clover before modern highway expansions altered the local character.