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2012 Map of Paderborn

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

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Paderborn sits at the heart of this Monroe County landscape, where the rural tradition of southwestern Illinois is clearly mapped through its naming conventions and religious geography. The area is defined by a dense network of country roads like Brick School Rd and Goeddeltown Rd, which connect scattered homesteads to local centers of community life. Several historical burial grounds, including Saint Michaels Cem, Saint Paul Cem, and Martini Cem, serve as important markers for genealogists tracing early families in the region.

The drainage of the land is meticulously detailed, with Prairie du Long Cr and its various tributaries such as Rockhouse Cr and Gerhardt Cr carving through the terrain. To the south, Burksville Station and the Waterloo Sportsman Club Lake provide further points of orientation. This 2012 survey illustrates a landscape where agricultural land use and small-scale water management, seen at Justamir Association Lake, maintain a persistent pattern of rural settlement.