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2021 Map of Otterville

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Otterville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Fieldon and Otterville anchor this survey of Jersey County, where the landscape is defined by a dense network of hollows and ridges between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. The terrain is deeply incised by drainages such as S Fork Otter Cr and Shiloh Hollow, creating a complex topography that has historically shaped local settlement and transportation. This geography is particularly evident at Goat Ranch Ridge and throughout the series of named hollows like Zahn Hollow and Mason Hollow that flank the watercourses.

Family history is deeply embedded in the land here, marked by a high concentration of small, named burial grounds including Grimes Cem, Dougherty Cem, and Heitzig Cem. These sites, along with landmarks like Democrat Spring, provide specific points of interest for genealogists tracing local lineages. The road network, including names like Bethany Church Rd and Washington School Rd, points toward the civic foundations of these rural communities as they appeared in the early twenty-first century.