1914 Map of Green City

About this map

Unionville and the surrounding rural townships of Putnam, Sullivan, and Adair Counties are defined by an incredible density of local country schools in the years before district consolidation. This landscape is a patchwork of small-scale agriculture and early coal mining, particularly near Stahl and along the Quincy Omaha and Kansas City railroad line. The map captures a moment when nearly every square mile had its own social anchor, from the Lone Star School and Boon Hill School to the Port Arthur School near the southern border.