2015 Map of Waltersburg

About this map

The Shawnee National Forest encompasses much of this Pope County landscape, where the Illinois hills are deeply incised by the drainage basins of Lusk Cr and its many tributaries. Settlement patterns are defined by small crossroads and family-named landmarks, such as Eddyville in the north and Waltersburg in the south. The area is dense with historical burial sites, including the New Liberty Cem, Old Home Cem, and Sulphur Springs Cem, which offer significant genealogical value for researchers of southern Illinois. Roads like Eddyville Rd and Waltersburg Rd connect these rural outposts through a terrain of named hollows like Reddick Hollow and Pine Hollow. The map captures a moment of late-twentieth-century rural continuity, where traditional place names like Rising Sun and Raum persist alongside the protected forest lands.