1932 Map of Nashville

About this map

Nashville serves as the focal point of this survey, situated at the junction of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The landscape is a dense network of early 20th-century rural infrastructure, characterized by an exceptionally high frequency of country schools and churches that speak to the established agricultural communities of Washington County. To the north, the Kaskaskia River snakes across the terrain, creating a series of oxbow features including Big Forked Lake and Round Lake. The map details the transition from the river bottomlands to the upland prairies, where small settlements like New Minden and Hoyleton are linked by State Highway No 177. Genealogists will find particular value in the numerous family-named landmarks and institutions, such as Locust Creek Cem and the myriad of one-room schoolhouses like Hogshead Sch and Halfacre Sch that once anchored these townships.