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2018 Map of Oblong South

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Oblong South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Miller Cem and Sainte Valentine Cem sit among the structured agricultural grid of Jasper and Crawford counties, marking the generational history of this rural Illinois landscape. The North Fork Embarras River winds southward, eventually joining the main Embarras River in the lower portion of the area. This confluence is defined by low-lying bottomlands where features like Horseshoe Pond and the Dead River suggest the shifting path of the water over time.

Small rural clusters such as Pierceburg and Green Brier punctuate the landscape south of Oblong, connected by a network of county highways and township roads. For local historians and genealogists, the map preserves the specific locations of several burial grounds, including Yager Cem and Berlin Cem, which remain as fixed points of reference amidst the surrounding farmland and creek beds like Big Creek and Dogwood Cr.