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2018 Map of Moriah

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Moriah
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Moriah and Hogue Town anchor this rural landscape in Clark County, where the north-south drainage of the North Fork Embarras River carves into the agricultural tableland of East Central Illinois. The map captures a high density of local cemeteries, including Backbone Cem and Restitution Cem, which serve as vital markers of the area's 19th-century pioneer settlement patterns and family genealogy.

To the south, the settlement of Bellair sits near the tri-county junction of Clark, Jasper, and Crawford, while Moonshine remains a distinct locality to the east. The landscape is defined by its creek networks, with Mount Br and Willow Cr feeding the primary river system. This survey detail reveals a transition from the strict grid of rural roads like E 700th RD to the more winding terrain dictated by the river's path through the southern townships.