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1952 Map of Shelburn

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Shelburn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Shelburn serves as a central hub for this mid-century look at Sullivan County, where the infrastructure of the Chicago And Eastern Illinois railroad dictates the local development pattern. The landscape is dotted with evidence of the region's carbon-based economy, specifically multiple Oil Wells and a prominent Strip Mine located south of the main settlement. These industrial features sit alongside a dense network of local genealogy markers, including numerous country churches and cemeteries that anchor the townships of Fairbanks, Curry, and Hamilton.

Rural life is deeply documented through features like Concord Ch and the McKinley Cem, while smaller named communities such as Miner City, Scott City, and Curryville reveal the clustering of residences near transit lines and extraction sites. Waterways like Turman Creek and Morrison Creek wind through the terrain, providing natural boundaries in an area otherwise defined by the rigid grid of section lines and the steel rails of the ST P & P.