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1935 Map of French Village

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of French Village
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

About this map

Industrial corridors and rural townships intersect at the bluffs east of East St Louis in this mid-1930s survey. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of competing rail lines, including the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the St Louis and Belleville Electric Railway, which served the coal mines and clay pits scattered throughout Caseyville and Stookey. The map reveals the expansion of local institutions, from the grounds of St Henry College and Notre Dame to the sporting greens of the St Clair Country Club.

Along the Mississippi floodplains, Lake American Park stands as a prominent geographic feature near a Fish Hatchery, while the ridge lines are marked by significant local landmarks like Signal Hill and Clarks Mound. This period shows the development of residential pockets such as French Village, Edgemont, and Fairview as they grew alongside long-established sites like Mt Carmel Cem and the Booker T Washington Cemetery.