1937 Map of Mattoon

About this map

The city of Mattoon serves as a major railway hub in the late 1930s, defined by the intersection of the New York Central and the Illinois Central lines. To the south, the recently developed Lake Mattoon dominates the landscape, featuring a State Fish Hatchery along its western shore near the headwaters of the Little Wabash River. The surrounding prairie is meticulously subdivided into townships like Paradise and Pleasant Grove, each dotted with a dense network of country schools such as Mound Sch and Dry Grove Sch.