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2015 Map of Salem South

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Salem South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Salem and its southern neighboring communities of Selmaville and Foxville define this section of Marion County, where the landscape is sculpted by a complex network of waterways including Crooked Cr and Turkey Cr. The terrain south of the city center reveals a patchwork of small-scale reservoirs and ponds, such as Lake Centralia, Hecks Lake, and Sportsman Lake, which break the regularity of the rural road grid.

Genealogists and local historians can find a wealth of burial sites scattered across the countryside, ranging from Paradise Cem near the central corridor to the more remote Purdue Cem and Harveys Point Cem. The map illustrates the 21st-century transition from the concentrated residential streets of Salem to an expansive agricultural environment, where family names are often preserved in thoroughfares like Henderson LN and Heyduck RD. Smaller creek systems like Martin Br and Harvey Cr thread through the township, marking the natural drainage patterns of the Illinois prairie.