1932 Map of Dunlap

About this map

The Illinois River serves as the dominant geographical feature of this 1891 survey, which captures the Peoria County hinterlands during a peak era of steam rail expansion. The landscape is defined by the sharp transition from the flat agricultural prairies of Radnor and Akron to the deeply dissected bluffs of Medina and Hallock townships. Central to this development are the competing rail lines that carved paths toward the river valley, including the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad passing through Edelstein and the Rock Island and Peoria Railroad serving Dunlap. The map reveals the intricate drainage patterns of Kickapoo Creek and Senachwine Creek, which influenced early settlement patterns in small outposts like Wady Petra and Lawn Ridge. While Princeville and Mossville represent established hubs, the presence of vanished locales like Orange Prairie and Beaconsfield offers significant data for genealogists tracing late 19th-century Illinois farmsteads.