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1945 Map of Kinmundy

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Kinmundy
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Kinmundy and Farina anchor the southern portion of this mid-century landscape where Marion and Fayette counties meet. The area is defined by a dense grid of rural education and worship, featuring numerous country schoolhouses such as Brush College School, German Reformed School, and La Grove School. Transport corridors are prominent, with the Illinois Central, Pennsylvania, and Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroads intersecting the region, facilitating the movement of goods from agricultural outposts like St Peter and Brownstown.

The terrain is dissected by watercourses including Hickory Creek, Sandy Creek, and the North Fork of the Kaskaskia River. Local family history is preserved in small burial grounds such as Griffith Cemetery and Harris Cemetery. This survey records a moment when small, independent school districts were still the primary structure of rural Illinois life, shortly before widespread consolidation changed the rural social geography.