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1923 Map of Barrington

Name: 1923 Topographic Map of Barrington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1938
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1938

About this map

Lake Zurich and the village of Barrington serve as central hubs in this early twentieth-century survey of the Illinois lake country and rural townships. The landscape is defined by a dense network of country schoolhouses like Lageschulte School and Archer School, alongside religious landmarks such as the Bohemian Church and St Johns Church. The transition from agrarian life to the burgeoning suburban and recreational era is evident in the sprawling Cook County Forest Preserve and seasonal locations like Camp Reinberg.

Regional transportation is dominated by the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, which links established settlements like Palatine and Cary to the broader Chicago hinterland. The map reveals a high density of numbered school districts, such as School No 52, and family-named landmarks like Staples Corner and Quentins Corners, providing a detailed look at the social geography before modern development reshaped these Cook and Lake County townships.