New Haven Illinois Ridgway Herald USGS Topo Map 1920 Antique
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New Haven Illinois Ridgway Herald USGS Topo Map 1920 Antique

$52

This USGS 15-minute topographic map is a 1906 edition printed in 1920, and the sheet survives in very good condition with light handling, publisher folds, and light age-toning across a canvas-backed body divided into nine folding panels. Sitting about 30 miles west of Evansville, the quad spans the corner where Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky meet, taking in Ridgway and New Haven along with the smaller communities of Herald and Cottonwood across Gallatin, Posey, Union, and White counties. Each panel carries a numbered 5×5 red grid, with cells running roughly a square mile, and the canvas backing paired with that grid setup makes it a practical tool for close study of this river-country stretch of the lower Wabash and Ohio.

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MAP DETAILS
TITLENew Haven
STATEIllinois, Indiana, Kentucky
LOCATION30 miles west of Evansville, IN
SERIES15-minute
SURVEYED1905 Field Survey
GEOGRAPHERH.M. Wilson
ENGRAVED1906
EDITION1906
PRINTED1920
SCALE1:62500
CONTOUR INTERVAL20 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS14 1/2 x 18 inches
MAP DIMENSIONS13 7/8 x 17 1/2 inches
COVERAGE AREA14 x 17 miles
SHEET CONDITION
For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITIONVery Good
SHEET NOTESlightly handled, publisher folds, lightly age-toned sheet, divided into 9 panels for easy folding, canvas-backed and durable
MAP AREAno wear, no blemishes, each panel has been divided by a 5x5 red grid system where each cell is numbered (cells are approximately a square mile)
COLLARSthe collars are about an eighth of an inch and include neighboring sheet names and township information
MAP COVERAGE
Quadrangle extent overlaid on current basemap.

This antique sheet is a 1906 edition of the New Haven Illinois USGS topographic map. It is an authentic 106-year-old 1920 United States Geological Survey print in very good condition.

HOW THIS MAP CAN BE USED
In addition to making a fascinating conversation piece, this sheet would look great in a frame or on display, make a unique and prized gift for anyone interested in this area, be perfect as a reference for genealogy studies or general historical research, or fill that missing piece in your collection.

FEATURES SHOWN ON THE MAP
The New Haven 15-minute map shows cities and towns, roads, railroads, rivers, creeks, elevation contour lines, public land survey lines, county, state, and other administrative boundaries as they existed at the time of the survey in 1905. All known structures (houses, businesses, churches, schools, barns, cabins, etc) are also shown, with exceptions in some urban areas, where only landmark buildings may be shown.

A VALUABLE HISTORICAL RECORD
Maps from the 15-minute series for the continental United States are no longer produced or printed by the USGS and original prints are becoming increasingly difficult to find. They are a valuable historical record for an area, as they contain many placenames and features that have been dropped from more recent maps.

PLACENAMES
The following places are found within the boundary of this quadrangle. They may or may not be shown or labeled, depending on the map series and vintage.
* Cities and Towns-> Cottonwood, Herald, New Haven, and Ridgway
* Counties Covered-> Gallatin, Posey, Union, and White
* Rivers and Streams-> Big Creek, Big Creek Slough, Cane Creek, Levy Slough, Lick Creek, Little Chain Cutoff, Little Wabash River, Millrace Slough, Ohio RiverOld River, and others
* Water Bodies-> Beaver Pond, Brushy Slough, Clark Pond, Clear Pond, Fehrer Lake, Fishpond Swamp, Goose Pond, Halfmoon Pond, Horseshoe PondHulda Lake, and others

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