2024 Map of New Athens West

About this map

Hecker and New Athens anchor the western and eastern edges of this Illinois landscape, where the meandering Kaskaskia River defines the drainage patterns of both St. Clair and Monroe counties. The map captures a high density of small family and community burial grounds, such as Wiskamp Cem, Darmstatter Cem, and Koch Cem, which speak to the area's deep-rooted agricultural settlement. The terrain transitions from the elevated Belcher Ridge and Tamaraiva Ridge to the complex network of oxbows and sloughs along the river bottomlands, including Stubblefield Lake and White Cabin Slough.