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1941 Map of Maquon

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Maquon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

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.

Two major rail corridors, the Atchison Topeka And Santa Fe and the Chicago Burlington And Quincy, dictate the placement of settlements like Yates City and Maquon. These tracks moved agricultural goods and coal from the local mines to wider markets. Genealogists will find a wealth of burial sites, from the Maxie Cem to the Cadwell Cem, many associated with early family names in the Illinois prairie.