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1968 Map of Royal

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Royal
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The agricultural landscape of eastern Illinois is centered on the village of Royal, a settlement defined by the diagonal transit of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad. This 1968 survey reveals a terrain meticulously gridded by township and county lines, where the border between Champaign Co and Vermilion Co bisects the rural landscape. Smaller nodes of local life appear at Dailey and Hope, while the presence of Stearns Cem and Central Ch serves as a record of established community life in Ogden and Pilot townships.

The industrial and natural features of the area are modest but significant to the local economy. A network of Gravel Pits sits near the county line, while a prominent Pipeline cuts across the fields of Oakwood and Compromise. The drainage of Stony Cr provides the primary relief to the level prairie, illustrating the classic Midwestern intersection of rail-dependent commerce and large-scale farming.