1876 Map of Pope and Massac Counties, Illinois
Click for larger image This is a copy of a map hanging in a picture frame (May 2001) in the Pope County Clerk's Office, in Golconda, Illinois. It is page 145 of the Atlas of the State of Illinois which was published in 1876. This atlas is included in the David Rumsey Collection and can be viewed online at http://www.davidrumsey.com. (Click the map to see a larger image).
The complete contents of the title page of the atlas follow:

Atlas of the State of Illinois,
to which are added various general maps,
history, statistics and illustrations.
Union Atlas Co., Warner & Beers, Proprietors.
Publishers, Lakeside Building Cor. of Clark & Adams Sts.,
Chicago, 1876.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1876 by Warner & Beers in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C.

A discussion on the [email protected] mail-list, February 8, 2002, revealed that a similar map is sold by SpringHouse Magazine. It is also dated 1876. (This has not been verified.)

Of special interest to genealogists: many households of the region are located and named.

Links to Detailed Maps

Subsections of the map are available through the links below. These image files are quite large, so expect some delay while they download. (Hint: do a right mouse-click on the link and select "Save As" to save the image to a file on your computer. This will make viewing the images much more responsive.)

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