1974 Map of Macomb

About this map

Macomb serves as the focal point of this west-central Illinois landscape, where the expansive campus of Western Illinois University sits at the city's northwest edge. The urban grid is dense with civic infrastructure, featuring a central Courthouse, City Hall, and the District Hospital nestled among residential streets like Jackson St and Calhoun St. The local economy of the mid-1970s is evidenced by the Burlington Northern railroad corridors and active Claypits to the north, suggesting the area's industrial ties to the land.