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1953 Map of Buffalo Prairie

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Buffalo Prairie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Buffalo Prairie serves as the central hub of this agricultural landscape in the early 1950s, situated near the boundary line between Rock Island County and Mercer County. The settlement pattern is defined by a dense network of local civic institutions, including the Duncan Town Hall and a notable concentration of rural education sites such as North Buffalo Prairie School, East Buffalo Prairie School, and Oakdale School. These small schoolhouses and churches like Antioch Church underscore the importance of local community centers in this Illinois prairie region during the mid-century.

Drainage and topography are dominated by the winding course of Copperas Creek and Camp Creek, which carve through the terrain as they flow toward the west. Genealogists will find significant value in the documentation of several family and community resting places, specifically Buffalo Prairie Cemetery, Edgington Cemetery, and Duncan Cemetery. The presence of a Landing strip and a Radio tower indicates the gradual arrival of modern infrastructure into this traditionally agrarian district.