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1900 Map of Danville

Name: 1900 Topographic Map of Danville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1930
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1930

About this map

Danville serves as the industrial and transportation hub for this 1897 survey of eastern Illinois and western Indiana. The landscape is defined by the convergence of the Middle Fork Vermilion River and Salt Fork Vermilion River, which carve deep, intricate ravines through the surrounding plains. These river valleys create a striking contrast with the surveyed grid of the agricultural uplands.

A dense network of early rail infrastructure radiates from the city center, including the Chicago and Eastern Illinois and the Toledo and Kansas City Line. Small mining and railway settlements such as Westville, Catlin, and Hillery dot the periphery. Along the state border, the map identifies State Line and Rileysburg, while the sharp contours of Hungry Hollow and Grape Creek indicate the rugged local topography that influenced early road placement and town development.