1930 Map of Frankfort

About this map

The village of Frankfort is the central hub of this 1927 survey, showing its early development along the Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern railroad corridor. The surrounding landscape is defined by the Old Indian Boundary, which slices diagonally across the terrain, reflecting the early surveying history of northern Illinois. Beyond the town grid, the map records the rural educational and religious infrastructure of the era, including the Washington Royal School, Rahm School, and Pleasant Hill Cem. The southern edge of the sheet follows the Steger Road along the border between Frankfort and Rich townships. This preliminary edition is notable for its use of aerial photography compiled by the Army Air Corps, providing a transition between traditional field surveying and modern photogrammetry at a time when much of the southern portion of the quadrangle remained an unsurveyed area.