1947 Map of Adair

About this map

The Fourth Principal Meridian bisects this landscape on the border of McDonough and Fulton counties, where a highly developed network of rural schoolhouses and country churches defines the mid-century social geography. Small agrarian centers like Adair and New Philadelphia are linked by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad, while Marietta sits to the northeast along the Toledo Peoria and Western line. This survey captures the region's educational density before the mid-century era of school consolidation, preserving the locations of the Rich, Pilot Grove, Shinn, and Buckwheat schools. The terrain transitions from the upland flats of Mound and New Salem townships into the dissected drainage basins of Barker and Badger creeks, where the Barker Ch and Temple Cem serve the surrounding farming community.