1981 Map of Mt Sterling

About this map

Mt Sterling serves as the regional hub in this 1981 survey of Brown County, Illinois, featuring the Brown Co High Sch, the local Fairground, and the Brown County Air Park. The landscape is defined by the winding course of Mc Kee Creek and its many tributaries, including Sarratt Creek and Missouri Creek. Smaller clusters of settlement and rural industry are scattered across the terrain, from the Oil Field with its numerous Oil Wells near the western border to the small community at Buckhorn. Genealogists will find a high density of family-named burial sites across the township, such as Butler Cem, Dearborn Cem, and Marden Cem. The southern edge of the quadrangle shows the riverine landscape near Two Rivers Camp and the crossing at Gerrish Bridge, providing a clear record of the rural infrastructure and land use in the early 1980s.