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1936 Map of Keokuk

Name: 1936 Topographic Map of Keokuk
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

The Keokuk Dam and the waters of Keokuk Lake dominate this mid-century view of the river border between Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. This area of Hancock County, Illinois, shows a dense network of early rural education and faith, with dozens of local institutions such as Sanobia Ch, Salem Ch, and schools like Harmony Sch and Froggy Sch serving the farming communities of Montebello and Wythe townships.

Transportation across the bottomlands is defined by the Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad, which connects Hamilton and Elvaston before heading east. Along the river, complex hydrological features like Kaufman Slough and Taylor Island reveal the intricate shoreline of the Mississippi River as it passes the town of Warsaw. This survey, updated with 1950 culture, preserves the location of family-named landmarks and many vanished country schools that once anchored this agricultural landscape.