1921 Map of Monmouth

About this map

Monmouth serves as the central hub of this agricultural landscape in Warren County, where the dense grid of city streets meets a web of radiating rail lines including the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and the Minneapolis and St Louis. This early 20th-century survey reveals an incredibly dense network of rural education, with one-room schoolhouses like Science Hall School, Farmers Academy, and Mc Kelvey School placed at nearly every major section intersection. The land is defined by the drainage of Henderson Creek and Cedar Creek, with smaller settlements such as Gerlaw, Kirkwood, and Berwick supporting the surrounding farming townships. Notable landmarks of the era include the County Farm and Hickory College, illustrating the established social and educational infrastructure of the region during a period when the rural population was at its most dispersed and active.