Map No. 8. United States (1853)

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