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1936 Map of Fort Madison

Name: 1936 Topographic Map of Fort Madison
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Nauvoo sits prominently on a bend of the Mississippi River in this mid-1930s survey of the Illinois riverbank across from Iowa. The grid of the riverfront town contrasts with the rural hinterlands of Appanoose and Sonora townships. Transportation infrastructure is anchored by the A T & S F railroad crossing the river at East Ft Madison and Niota PO, near the site of Old Niota.

A network of country schools, such as Frenchtown Sch, Columbia Sch, and Maple Grove Sch, reflects a landscape of small farming communities before school consolidation. The terrain is deeply dissected by drainage systems like Tyson Creek and Riley Creek, which flow westward toward the Mississippi. This edition also captures Powellton in the southeast and the Jackson Cem near the river bluffs, providing a clear record of the area's civil and social geography between the wars.