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1943 Map of Greenville

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Greenville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Greenville serves as the central hub of this mid-century Bond County landscape, where the Pennsylvania RR and several regional roads converge. The settlement pattern reveals a high density of rural institutions, particularly one-room schoolhouses like Elm Point Sch and Rhea Sch that once served the surrounding farming townships. A notable wartime presence is marked by the CCC Camp located just south of the main town, reflecting the era's federal infrastructure and conservation projects.

Waterways like Shoal Creek and its many branches, including Kingsbury Branch and East Branch, dictate the winding paths of local roads and the placement of smaller hamlets such as Woburn and Stubblefield. For genealogists, the map is remarkably thorough, plotting numerous family-named and community burial grounds such as Hastings Cem, Bunkard Cem, and Payne Cem, providing a precise geographic context for early Illinois residents and their homesteads.