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2012 Map of Orchardville

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Orchardville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

The Skillet Fork river meanders through this portion of Wayne County, defining the western edge of a landscape characterized by agricultural grid-roads and scattered rural centers. Small communities such as Orchardville and Helm are situated along the primary local thoroughfares, while the Iuka Oil Field in the northwest corner points to the region's mineral extraction history.

Genealogists will find this 2012 survey particularly useful for its density of family and community burial grounds, including Mount Pleasant Cem, New Liberty Cem, and Cisne Cem. The drainage patterns of Nickolson Cr and Poplar Cr dictate the layout of the local roads, which range from named ways like Liberty Tree Rd to the more modern grid system of county road numbers. These elements together document a persistent rural Illinois settlement pattern that remains largely unchanged in its geographic layout over several generations.