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1937 Map of Metamora

Name: 1937 Topographic Map of Metamora
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

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The Illinois River valley defines the western edge of this landscape, where complex backwaters like Babb Slough, Sawyer Slough, and Goose Lake flank the main channel near Chillicothe. This 1940s-era revision of earlier surveys captures a transition from the river-bottom industry of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad to the upland agricultural plateaus of Metamora and Cazenovia.

Genealogists will find a dense distribution of rural institutions, including dozens of named schools such as Bricktown Sch and Hickory Point Sch, alongside the Lourdes Ch and the County Home south of Metamora. The map meticulously records the transport network of the day, showing the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe cutting across the northern reaches through Wilbern and the Alton line serving the eastern settlements of Low Point and Washburn.