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1971 Map of Tallula

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Tallula
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The town of Tallula serves as the central hub of this Central Illinois landscape, situated at the junction of several rolling creek systems in the early 1970s. The map illustrates a region defined by its agricultural layout and the strategic pathways of the Gulf Mobile and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio railroads. These rail lines bisect the prairie, connecting smaller nodes like Ashland and Pleasant Plains to the larger regional economy.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of family-named burial grounds across the townships of Newmansville and Ashland, including Smedly Cem, Willson Cem, and Greenwood Cem. The drainage patterns of Clary Creek and Rock Creek carve through the terrain, while the local Reservoir and the North Fork of Richland Cr provide essential water resources for the surrounding farms and settlements.