Detailed single page historical steel engraved map of the Eastern Midwestern States published in 1853. This map depicts Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa and parts of Kentucky, Arkansas, Indian Territory (Oklahoma), Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Indiana. The map shows several geographic details on cities, towns, rivers, mountains, and islands. Along the bottom edge is written: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by Daniel Burgess & Co in the Clerks office of the Southern District of New York.
States appearing on the Map: llinois, Missouri, Iowa, Kentucky, Arkansas, Indian Territory (Oklahoma), Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Indiana.
Cities appearing on the Map:
Missouri: New Madrid, Bloomfield, Crane Creek (Cane Creek Township), Van Buren, Thomasville, Rock Bridge (Rockbridge), Forsyth, Cassville, Enterprise (No longer exists but was on the banks of Pattersons Creek in McDonald County), Neosho, Charleston, Benton, Jackson, Perryville, Greenville, Berford (?), Fredericktown, Farmington, Potosi, St. Genevieve (Ste. Genevieve), Eminence, Houston, Birchport (?), Hartville, Waynesville, Mt. Vernon (Mount Vernon), Springfield, Greenfield, Buffalo, Bolivar, Fremont (Name changed to Stockton in 1857), Carthage, Batesville (Ghost town after 1848), Herculaneum, Hillsboro, St. Louis, St. Charles, Steeleville (Steelville), Linn, Union, Herman (Hermann), Warrenton, Danville, Erie (Ghost town after 1855 when the county seat moved to Linn Creek), Tuscumbia, Versailles, Jefferson City, Fulton, Boonville, Columbia, Franklin, Oceola (Osceola), Warsaw, Clinton, Georgetown, Warrensburg, Harrisonville, Troy, Mexico, Bowling Green, New London, Hannibal, Palmyra, Marion City (Ghost town), Fayette, Glasgow, Paris, Huntsville, Keytesville, Shelbyville, Bloomington, Marshall, Lexington, Carrollton, Chillicothe, Linneus, Gallatin, Independence, Liberty, Richmond, Platte City, Plattsburg, Sparta (Ghost town after the county seat moved to St. Joseph in 1846), St. Joseph, Kingston, Savannah, Westport (Now a neighborhood in Kansas City since 1897), Oregon, Monticello, Waterloo, Edina, Hopkinsville (Kirksville), Memphis, Tippecanoe (Ghost town after the civil war), Trenton, Pharsalia (Name changed to Milan in 1859), Princeton, Sandsville (Ghost town before 1882), Bethpage (Bethany), and Lindon (Ghost town).
Illinois: Metropolis City (Metropolis), Golconda, Elizabethtown, Shawneetown (Abandoned after the 1937 Flood of the Ohio River and now known as Old Shawneetown), Equality, Cairo, Caledonia (Ghost town since 1870), Union (Unity), Vienna, Jonesboro, Brownsville (Ghost town after fire burned the court house down in 1843), Marion, Kaskaskia, Mt. Carmel (Mount Carmel), Lawrenceville, Carmi, McLeansboro, Albion, Fairfield, Olney, Lewisville (Name changed to Louisville), Newton, Salem, Benton, Pinckney V. (Pinckneyville), Nashville, Mt. Vernon (Mount Vernon), Carlyle, Greenville, Waterloo, Belleville, Edwardsville, Alton, Grafton, Palestine, Marshall, Paris, Ewington (Ghost town after 1860 when the county seat moved), Shelbyville, Charleston, Sullivan, Vandalia, Hillsboro, Taylorsville (Taylorville), Decatur, Springfield, Gilead, Jerseyville, Carrollton, Carlinville, Pittsfield, Winchester, Jacksonville, Virginia, Mt. Sterling (Mount Sterling), Quincy, Danville, Middleport (Middleport Township), Monticello, Urbanna (Urbana), Pontiac, Petersburg, Postville (Ghost town after the county seat moved to Mt. Pulaski in 1848), Clinton, Bloomington, Tremont, Woodford, Peoria, Rushville, Havanna (Havana), Lewiston (Lewistown), Macomb, Monmouth, Knoxville, Carthage, Nauvoo, Oquawka, Chicago, Morris, Ottawa, Joliet, Yorkville, Napiersville (Naperville), Syracuse (Sycamore), Batavia, Toulon, Lacon, Hennepin, Princeton, Dixon, Oregon City (Name changed to Oregon in 1843), Cambridge, Rock Island, Lyndon, Waukegon (Waukegan), Dorr (Dorr Township), Belvidere, Rockford, Freeport, Mt. Carroll (Mount Carroll), and Galena.
Indiana: Terre Haute,
Kansas: Ft. Leavenworth (Fort Leavenworth).
Iowa: Keokuck (Keokuk), Ft. Madison (Fort Madison), Burlington, Bloomfield, Keosauga (Keosauqua), Centreville (Centerville), Leon, New Buda, Avon (Ghost town), Clarinda, Sidney, Davenport, DeWitt, Mt. Pleasant (Mount Pleasant), Wapello, Washington, Muscatine, Iowa City, Tipton, Fairfield, Albia, Ottumwa, Oskaloosa, Lancaster (Ghost town after 1904), Montezuma, Marengo, Chariton, Oceola (Osceola), Knoxville, Winterset, Indianola, Fort Des Moines (Des Moines), Newton, Adell (Adel), Mt. Vernon (?), Quincy, Aftan (Afton), Pisgah (Mount Pisgah was a Mormon settlement that became a ghost town as the settlers moved west to Utah after 1852), Lewis, Panora, Glenwood, Kanesville (Council Bluffs), Council Bluff (Council Bluffs), Magnolia, Bellevue, DuBuque (Dubuque), Marion, Anamosa, Delhi, Prairie la Porte (Name changed to Guttenberg in 1851), Garnavillo, West Union, Toledo, Vinton, Cedar Falls, Waverley (Waverly), Clarksville, Marietta (Marietta Township), Nevada, Boonsboro (Annexed to Boone, Iowa in 1887), Homer (Ghost town after the county seat was moved to Fort Dodge in 1856), Eldora, De Korrah (Decorah), Wawkon (Waukon), and Ft. Atkinson (Fort Atkinson).
Nebraska: Omaha City (Omaha).
Wisconsin: Milwaukee.
Minnesota: Ft. Snelling (Fort Snelling) and St. Paul (Saint Paul).
The Indian Territory (Oklahoma) shows the Native American tribe of the Cherokees.
Kansas shows the Native American tribes of the Osages, the Potawatomies, Sauks, Kickapoos, Delawares, and Kansas.
Nebraska shows the Native American tribes of the Ottoes and the Omahas.
Populations shown on the map:
New Madrid: 1,500
Shawneetown: 1,500
Equality: 750
Caledonia: 250
Vienna: 250
St. Genevieve (Ste. Genevieve): 2,250
Missouri: 682,000
Springfield: 500
Mt. Carmel (Mount Carmel): 1,000
Albion: 250
St. Louis: 77,750
St. Charles: 2,750
Belleville: 3,000
Edwardsville: 750
Alton: 4,000
Grafton: 500
Herman (Hermann): 1,000
Danville: 1,250
Jefferson City: 1,250
Fulton: 3,000
Columbia: 3,250
Boonville: 2,250
Warrensburg: 1,250
Marshall: 1,250
Springfield: 4,500
Gilead: 500
Jerseyville: 750
Carrollton: 750
Winchester: 750
Jacksonville: 2,750
Palmyra: 1,250
Quincy: 7,000
Keytesville: 1,500
Shelbyville: 250
Lexington: 3,750
Chillicothe: 500
Gallatin: 1,500
Richmond: 2,500
Platte City: 500
St. Joseph: 1,000
Danville: 500
Illinois: 851,000
Peoria: 5,500
Rushville: 2,500
Lewiston (Lewistown): 1,500
Knoxville: 500
Keokuck (Keokuk): 2,500
Ft. Madison (Fort Madison): 1,500
Burlington: 5,250
Edina: 250
Bloomfield: 1,000
Chicago: 30,000
Morris: 500
Joliet: 2,750
Batavia: 1,000
Hennepin: 500
Oregon City (Name changed to Oregon in 1843): 500
DeWitt: 750
Mt. Pleasant (Mount Pleasant): 750
Wapello: 750
Washington: 750
Muscatine: 2,500
Iowa City: 1,500
Fairfield: 1,500
Fort Des Moines (Des Moines): 333
Iowa: 192,000
Waukegon (Waukegan): 3,000
Freeport: 2,000
Mt. Carroll (Mount Carroll): 500
Galena: 6,000
Bellevue: 750
DuBuque (Dubuque): 3,000
