1937 Map of Mattoon

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Mattoon and Neoga anchor this 1930s landscape, a region defined by a dense grid of rural education and heavy rail infrastructure. The Illinois Central and New York Central railroads converge at the northern industrial hub, while the St Louis and Chicago line cuts diagonally across the southern townships. A remarkable density of country schools, such as South Loxa Sch and Little Brick Sch, indicates the distributed farming communities of Lafayette and Pleasant Grove.