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2024 Map of Pleasant Hill East

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Pleasant Hill East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Pleasant Hill and Nebo anchor this portion of the Illinois landscape, where the flatlands of the Mississippi floodplain meet the deeply dissected bluffs of the interior. The contrast in terrain is immediate, with the western edge defined by drainage features like Crooked Slough and Dolman Pond, while the eastern portion is dominated by narrow ridges and steep hollows. The distribution of family and community burial grounds across these ridges is remarkable, serving as a primary record of rural settlement patterns.

Tracing the geography from Howell Hollow to the northern reaches of Buckeye Creek, one finds a high density of small cemeteries including Hartsock Cem, Mason Cem, and New Venable Cem. These sites, often situated on high ground overlooking the drainage of the Dry Fork and Spring Creek, provide a tangible link to the area's genealogical history. The county line between Pike Co and Calhoun Co cuts across the southern portion of the map, marking a political boundary through the complex network of hollows such as Wildcat Hollow.