1941 Map of Maquon

About this map

The Spoon River and its many tributaries, including Sugar Creek and Court Creek, define the topography of southeast Knox County during the mid-twentieth century. This rural landscape is heavily marked by small-scale coal extraction, visible at the Strip Mine north of Dahinda and the Knoxville Mine near Appleton. The region is a dense network of early twentieth-century education, featuring dozens of named schoolhouses like Red Oak Sch, Stump Valley Sch, and Hazel Green Sch that served the farming townships of Sparta, Truro, and Elba.