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1929 Map of Arenzville

Name: 1929 Topographic Map of Arenzville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

Indian Creek and Prairie Creek wind through a landscape dominated by the agricultural and railroad networks of central Illinois during the late 1920s. The village of Arenzville serves as a central hub, where the Chicago Burlington and Quincy RR intersects with local life. Further south, the Wabash RR passes through Chapin and Bethel, while the Baltimore and Ohio RR tracks skirt the northern edge near Bluff Springs.

This survey reveals an exceptionally dense network of rural education, identifying dozens of specific country schoolhouses such as Jersey College Sch, Whiteoak Grove Sch, and Hickory Grove Sch. Along the Illinois R, industrial and drainage features like the Valley Pumping Sta and various ditches illustrate the era's sophisticated water management efforts to reclaim the Sangamon Valley bottomlands for productive farming.