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1953 Map of Cambridge

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Cambridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

The village of Cambridge serves as the central hub of this 1950s survey, surrounded by the agricultural townships of Osco, Munson, and Andover. The landscape is defined by the Edwards River and its tributaries, including Spring Creek, Camp Creek, and Hickory Creek, which carve a rolling topography through the Illinois prairie. The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad cuts diagonally across the quadrangle, passing through the heart of town near the Henry County Fairgrounds.

Social and civic life of the mid-century era is anchored by numerous rural institutions, such as the Grace Church, Osco Grange Hall, and the Henry County Home. Several small schoolhouses like Munson Center School and Edwards School remained as markers of an earlier educational system before widespread consolidation. For genealogists, the map provides precise locations for the Munson Cemetery, Rose Dale Cemetery, and McKnay Cemetery, as well as the small settlement of Ulah situated along the southern rail line.