1938 Map of Petersburg

About this map

Petersburg serves as the focal point for this late-1930s survey, situated along the winding curves of the Sangamon River. The landscape reveals a dense network of rural infrastructure, from the Fairground on the edge of town to the Riverside Mine and Verbrugge Mine that anchor the local industrial economy. The drainage patterns of the Central Ditch and numerous sloughs like Perry Slough suggest a region heavily managed for agriculture, supported by a grid of schoolhouses such as Little Grove Sch and Walker Grove Sch.