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1998 Map of Mokena

Name: 1998 Topographic Map of Mokena
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2002
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2002

About this map

New Lenox and Mokena anchor this landscape during a period of suburban expansion at the turn of the millennium. The map illustrates the persistence of older settlements like Marley and Alpine amidst a network of modern developments. Education and community life are highlighted through sites like Lincoln-Way High Sch and Providence High Sch, while local history remains visible at Brooks Cem and St Marys Cem.

Conservation areas create a green corridor across the sheet, with Messenger Woods County Forest Preserve and Lower Spring Creek County Forest Preserve protecting the natural drainage of Spring Creek and Hickory Creek. Transportation remains a defining element, from the heavy rail lines of the Norfolk and Western to the legendary route of the Lincoln Highway, showing how transit corridors shaped the growth of Will County and neighboring Cook County.