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2019 Map of Shelburn

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Shelburn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Shelburn serves as the central hub of this Sullivan County landscape, where the grid of the town sits adjacent to East Shelburn and Curryville. The surrounding area is defined by the flat expanse of Curry Prairie, an environment historically shaped by agriculture and the proximity of numerous small cemeteries that speak to the long-standing settlement of the region. These include Westlawn Cem near Farmersburg and isolated sites such as Douglas Chapel Cem and McKinney Cem.

Waterways like Turman Creek and Sugar Cr meander through the western sections, providing drainage across the township lines of t9n r9w and t9n r10w. To the southeast, the geography shifts toward industrial and recreational features including Lake Sullivan and Jonay Pond, while the presence of a Tailings Pond indicates the area's history with resource extraction. Small communities such as Scott City and Benefiel Corner remain linked by an extensive network of county roads.