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1974 Map of Spring Garden

Name: 1974 Topographic Map of Spring Garden
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

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The southern Jefferson County landscape is defined here by a transition from traditional rural agriculture to modern industrial extraction. Spring Garden and the smaller settlement of Townhall serve as the primary community anchors, while the southern reaches show the early 1970s development of the State Wildlife Management Area and the margins of Rend Lake. These civic centers are balanced by a heavy industrial presence, most notably the King Oil Field in the northwest and a significant Strip Mine operation in the east, complete with Tailings Ponds.

Genealogists will find a high density of rural burial grounds and places of worship, such as Hams Grove Ch, Providence Ch, and Moores Prairie Ch. Many family names are preserved through landmarks like Fitzgerrell Cem, Rentchler Cem, and Warren Cem. The transportation network is anchored by the Louisville And Nashville and Illinois Central Gulf railroads, which facilitated the movement of coal and oil from this productive Southern Illinois corridor.