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1968 Map of Cherry Valley

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Cherry Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Cherry Valley serves as the central hub of this northern Illinois survey, where the Chicago and North Western and Illinois Central rail lines converge near the banks of the Kishwaukee River. The landscape reveals a post-war transition, showing the eastward expansion of Rockford and the development of major transit corridors like Harrison Avenue and Charles Street.

South of the village, the South Branch Kishwaukee River meanders through agricultural lands toward the smaller communities of Irene and Trimble. Local history is preserved in landmarks such as the Flora Ch and Carman Cem, while the industrial character of the era is evidenced by numerous Gravel Pits and Quarries scattered across the township lines of Flora and Cherry Valley. This 1968 study, with purple photorevisions from 1975, captures the suburbanization of Winnebago County alongside traditional rural settlement patterns.