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1981 Map of Middlesworth

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Middlesworth
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

The vast waters of Kaskaskia Lake Shelbyville dominate this central Illinois landscape, where the reservoir's fingers reach deep into the wooded bluffs of Wolf Creek State Park and Eagle Creek State Park. The geography reflects the significant transition from agricultural uplands to recreational shoreline that followed the lake's creation. Along the southern plains, the Conrail line skirts the edge of Middlesworth, a small hub defined by its proximity to the rail and the headwaters of Jordan Creek.

Genealogists and local historians will find a dense distribution of rural burial grounds, including the Rose Cem, Jordan Cem, and Sulphur Springs Cem. These markers, along with family-named features like the Middleworth Cem Walden Cem, reveal the long-standing family farmsteads that predated the inundation of the Kaskaskia River valley. To the west, the settlement of Lithia and the nearby Lithia Springs point to a legacy of local mineral springs and early community development near the river's edge.