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1954 Map of Monks Mound

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Monks Mound
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1993
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1993

About this map

Monks Mound and the surrounding earthworks of Cahokia Mounds State Park anchor this landscape, highlighting the significant Mississippian heritage located just east of the Mississippi River floodplain. The map reveals a complex intersection of ancient history and 20th-century development, where the massive Horseshoe Lake and its associated State Park sit adjacent to the industrial and residential expansion of Granite City and Collinsville. This edition, featuring 1993 revisions over a mid-century base, documents the post-war growth of suburban pockets like Maryland Place and State Park Place.

Infrastructure is heavy throughout the quadrangle, from the Fairmount Jockey Club to the radio towers for Kmox and Kxok. The area is bisected by the Cahokia Canal and Cahokia Creek, which historically managed the drainage of this low-lying bottomland. Local life is mapped through neighborhood institutions like Canteen Sch, Manners Sch, and St Martin Sch, providing specific points of interest for genealogists tracing families in the East St. Louis and Fairmont City corridors.