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1942 Map of Elsberry

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Elsberry
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

Elsberry stands as a primary railroad hub along the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line in this 1930s survey of eastern Lincoln and Pike counties. The landscape transitions from the fertile bottomlands of Kings Lake to the dissected uplands of Hickory Ridge and Tick Ridge. This era shows a dense network of rural infrastructure, where nearly every township section is served by a local schoolhouse like White Swan Sch or Brussels Sch.

Agricultural development is highlighted by the U S Experiment Farm and U S Erosion Farm, signaling the federal government's active role in land management during the New Deal era. Further south, the Cuivre River Recreational Area occupies the bend of the Cuivre River, while numerous country churches and cemeteries, such as Smith Chapel and Gladney Cem, provide essential landmarks for tracing ancestral family footprints in the Missouri river country.