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1924 Map of Momence

Name: 1924 Topographic Map of Momence
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1924
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1924

About this map

Momence stands at the heart of this survey, positioned where several major rail lines converge near the Kankakee River. The surrounding landscape is defined by a dense network of early 20th-century rural infrastructure, notably a significant concentration of country schools such as Illinoi School, Frogtown School, and Ostrander School. These one-room schoolhouses served the surrounding agricultural townships of Sumner, Yellowhead, and Ganeer.

Transport and water management are prominent, from the Canavan Slough in the northwest to the complex river islands like Maple Island and Vails Island. The map records a time when rail travel dictated the growth of small settlements like Wichert and St Anne along the Chicago and Eastern Illinois and Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis lines. For genealogists, the map is particularly valuable for its naming of several dozen school districts and the location of the Momence Cemetery.