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2018 Map of Morrisonville

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

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Morrisonville and Palmer anchor this survey of Christian County's agricultural heartland, where the rectilinear grid of township roads meets the diagonal path of Railroad St. The settlement pattern is defined by these rail-side hubs, which serve as the focal points for the surrounding farmsteads. Local history and genealogy are well-represented by several burial grounds, including the Saint Maurice Catholic Cem south of Morrisonville and the Durbin Cem to the north near Anderson Cem.

Water features like Trulock Lake, Paradise Lake, and Boyd Lake dot the landscape near the winding courses of Bear Cr and Prairie Fork. These small bodies of water and creek systems disrupt the otherwise uniform sections of the Public Land Survey System, providing localized variations in the terrain. The map also records the transition between townships, specifically t12n r4w and t11n r3w, illustrating the precise administrative boundaries that governed land ownership in this part of Illinois.