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1890 Map of Louisiana

Name: 1890 Topographic Map of Louisiana
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1932
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1932

About this map

Mississippi River river traffic and heavy rail development converge at the town of Louisiana, where the Western R. R. and C. B. & Q. R. R. bridge the waters toward Illinois. This late-19th-century landscape is defined by the sharp transition from the river bluffs near Buffalo and Noix to the agricultural interior. Further west, Bowling Green serves as a central hub at the intersection of the Chicago and Alton Railroad and the St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad.

Smaller settlements like New Hartford, Prairieville, and Whiteside anchor the rural townships of Pike and Lincoln counties. The map traces an intricate network of waterways including the Salt River and Peno Creek, alongside established thoroughfares like the St. Louis and Keokuk Road. The dense cluster of family-named branches and sloughs, such as Wolf Pen Br. and Pugh Branch, provides specific landmarks for genealogists researching the original land divisions of this Missouri-Illinois borderland.