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1937 Map of Collinsville

Name: 1937 Topographic Map of Collinsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1937
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1937

About this map

Collinsville serves as the industrial and population anchor of this mid-1930s landscape, situated where the Pennsylvania railroad and the electric Illinois Terminal lines intersect. The map illustrates a rural society organized around small crossroads and family-centered landmarks, particularly the high density of rural schoolhouses like Clay Sch, Standard Sch, and Liberty Sch. These small district schools, along with the numerous Cem (cemeteries) noted near Troy and Maryville, provide vital evidence of early 20th-century neighborhood structures before the consolidation of the postwar era.

Industrial development is visible along the Belt Highway and rail corridors, while the terrain transition from the American Bottoms up to Pleasant Ridge and Browns Mound dictates the placement of the various settlements. To the north, the small community of Chinatown and the village of Glen Carbon stand as distinct pockets of settlement within the Edwardsville precinct. The drainage patterns of Canteen Creek and Burdick Branch further define the local topography, carving through the bluffs that separate the floodplain from the higher prairie ground.