1991 Map of Reynolds

About this map

The village of Reynolds straddles the boundary between Rock Island and Mercer counties, serving as a central hub for the surrounding townships of Edgington, Bowling, Perryton, and Preemption. This early 1990s survey illustrates a landscape defined by agricultural regularity and natural drainage, with Camp Creek and its northern branches winding through the southern half of the quadrangle. Local road networks like Ridge Road and the Reynolds-Preemption Road connect the main settlement to smaller rural clusters such as Hamlet and Gingle Corners. For genealogical researchers, the map is remarkably dense with burial sites and rural houses of worship, ranging from the St Josephs and Warren cemeteries in the east to the Perryton Church and Corns Cemetery in the southwest. This detailed record of the late 20th-century countryside preserves the locations of numerous family-named landmarks and essential community centers before subsequent rural development.