2020 Map of Newburg SE

About this map

Deep River meanders across this McHenry County landscape, defining the hydrology of a region where water and land use are inextricably linked. The terrain is characterized by a grid of agricultural section lines and township boundaries, including t159n r79w and t158n r78w, punctuated by isolated landmarks of local significance. Genealogists will find interest in the three burial grounds noted here—the Rural Cem, Fredericks Cem, and Little Deep Cem—which serve as silent witnesses to the rural families who settled this prairie. Small-scale aviation is represented by the Rosenau Airport, while several watercourses like Cut Bank Creek and Little Deep Creek drain the surrounding fields. The map captures a late twentieth-century persistence of the rural township structure, showing how the landscape is divided between vast open spaces and the essential nodes of transportation and memory.