1914 Map of Baldwin

About this map

The Kaskaskia River snakes through a landscape defined by small agricultural settlements and a dense network of early 20th-century rural schools. Surveyed just before the Great War, this area of southern Illinois shows a community centered on river transport and the growing influence of the Mobile and Ohio and Illinois Southern railroads. The map reveals the intricate social fabric of the day through its named schoolhouses, such as the Charter Oak School and Jordan Grove School, which served dispersed farmsteads across townships like Baldwin and Evansville.