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1937 Map of Dunlap

Name: 1937 Topographic Map of Dunlap
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

The Illinois River corridor north of Peoria reveals a landscape defined by sharp bluffs and a dense network of early 20th-century rural infrastructure. This 1930s-era survey, updated just after the war, documents the convergence of three major rail lines—the Chicago and Northwestern, the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific—which shaped the growth of towns like Dunlap and Princeville. Along the western bluffs, the Lucky Strike Mines and Big Hollow Mines indicate the area's industrial activity near the Kickapoo township line.

Local civic life is visible through dozens of named country schools, including the Bell Tree Sch and Streitmatter Sch, alongside early aviation landmarks like the Peoria Aero Club and Mt Hawley Landing Field. Social and recreational spaces are prominently marked, from the Salvation Army Camp near Mossville to the Boy Scout Camp and Girl Scout Camp situated along the wooded hollows overlooking the river valley.