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1957 Map of Roads

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Roads
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

The rural settlement of Roads sits at the heart of this Carroll County landscape, serving as a hub for the surrounding agricultural townships of Fairfield, Leslie, Prairie, and Trotter. Mapped from 1948 aerial photography and field-checked in 1957, the area is defined by its deep spiritual and community roots, evidenced by the distribution of country churches including Mt Carmel Ch, Union Ch, and Antioch Ch.

Transportation and drainage patterns are tightly linked here, as the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad line cuts through the center of the terrain. The landscape is carved by numerous watercourses, most notably Turkey Creek, Burr Oak Creek, and the winding Wakenda Creek to the south. These streams and their many branches, such as Hickory Branch and Fishpond Branch, dictated the placement of early farmsteads and the meandering path of local unimproved roads during the mid-century era.