1974 Map of Nashville

About this map

The Nashville city center, marked by its Courthouse, Hospital, and Post Office, serves as the primary hub of this Southern Illinois landscape in the mid-1970s. The surrounding terrain of Plum Hill and Pilot Knob is defined by a dense network of country schools and family burial grounds, including the St Peters Cem and Locust Creek Cem. These small features, alongside the Trinity Sch, document a persistent rural community structure even as industrial activity expanded. The discovery of local resources is evident in the sprawling Cordes Oil Field and the Oil Field near the center of the sheet, while a northern Quarry suggests additional extractive work. Smaller hamlets like Addie, Kempside, and Cordes are linked by the Missouri - Illinois rail line, which cuts diagonally across the prairie between drainages like Lunte Creek and Locust Creek.