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2015 Map of Scottland

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

USGS Topo · Published 2015

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The Illinois Indiana state line bisects this 2015 study, where the rural landscapes of Edgar County and Vermilion County converge. Small agricultural settlements like Scotland, Raven, and West Dana are distributed along a grid of county roads that navigate the meandering paths of the Salt Fork and Goose Creek. This drainage pattern, including Lick Run and Crabapple Creek, dictates the placement of older homesteads and the numerous family cemeteries that dot the countryside.

Genealogists will find a significant concentration of burial grounds here, ranging from the Old Hopewell Cem in the north to Adams Cem and Newton Cem in the south. The proximity of Mount Carmel Cem and Wesley Chapel Cem suggests early community focal points centered on these rural congregations. The presence of the hamlet Quaker and the crossing into Indiana at West Dana highlights the historical connectivity of these borderland farming communities.