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1930 Map of Springfield

Name: 1930 Topographic Map of Springfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

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The Springfield city center is shown in its pre-war density, radiating outward toward industrial and recreational anchors like the State Fair Ground and the newly formed Springfield Lake. To the north and east, the landscape is defined by the winding Sangamon River and its intricate oxbows, including Horseshoe Lake and Cow Pond. This era captures the capital as a critical transportation nexus, where the Illinois Terminal and Chicago and Alton railroads intersect a burgeoning network of local stops.

Rural Sangamon County is densely dotted with small country schools such as Sangamo Center Sch and Sugar Point Sch, reflecting the distributed nature of local education before consolidation. Significant landmarks of the time include the Lindbergh Air Mail Field and the St Johns Sanitarium, alongside smaller communities like Riverton and Williamsville that served the surrounding agricultural and coal-producing districts.