
Mount Olive serves as the central hub of this modern survey, which sits along the border of Macoupin and Montgomery counties. The landscape is a network of rural roads and watercourses, including Panther Creek and Silver Creek, illustrating the transition from town centers to the surrounding agricultural plains. Local history is deeply etched into the town plan, seen in the density of cemeteries such as Mount Olive Cem, New Calvary Cem, and Holy Trinity Cem. The presence of the Union Miners church reflects the region's labor heritage, while residential pockets like Carlinburg and Lake Ka-Ho show the more recent patterns of community growth around local water bodies like Heeren Pond.
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1912 · Gillespie
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1915 · Gillespie
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1915 · Mount Olive
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1927 · Edwardsville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1932 · Edwardsville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1937 · New Douglas
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1944 · New Douglas
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · Mount Olive
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1954 · Worden
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1954 · Edwardsville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500