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1934 Map of Corydon

Name: 1934 Topographic Map of Corydon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Corydon stands as the primary hub in this mid-1930s depiction of southern Iowa, where the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad intersects with State Highway No 3. The landscape is a dense network of township sections, each populated with the infrastructure of early 20th-century rural life. Numerous one-room schoolhouses, such as the curiously named Brown Jug Sch and Rabbit Ridge Sch, are spaced methodically across the terrain, serving the scattered farmsteads that define the region's economy.

Waterways like the Chariton River and South Fork Chariton River meander through the hills, flanked by small settlements including Humeston, Millerton, and the namesake New York village. This survey, conducted by W.F. Chenault and his team, provides a window into a pre-interstate era where the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad remained vital for connecting communities like Derby and Cambria to the wider world.