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1909 Map of Hennepin

Name: 1909 Topographic Map of Hennepin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1909
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1909

About this map

Princeton serves as a major rail hub in this early twentieth-century survey, situated at a complex junction where the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and other lines converge. The landscape is defined by the winding Illinois River and its associated backwaters, including Depue Lake and Spring Lake. An engineering marvel of the era, the Illinois and Mississippi Canal, cuts through the southern portion of the region near Bureau, providing a direct water link across the prairie.

Smaller rural communities like Hollowayville, Malden, and Dover are connected by an extensive network of early roads and rail spurs. Local life is documented through the placement of the County Farm near Hennepin, the Town Hall in Dover, and scattered educational landmarks such as Kline School and Red Mills School. The topography varies from the flat agricultural lands of Clarion to the deeply incised valleys of Bureau Creek and Wolf Hollow.