1923 Map of Taylorville

About this map

Taylorville and the winding course of the South Fork Sangamon River define this central Illinois landscape in the early 1920s. The map captures a moment of established rural infrastructure, where nearly every section contains a named schoolhouse, such as Brush College, Sudduth School, and Vollentine School. The density of these institutions, alongside country churches like Good Hope Church and Bethany Church, reflects a era of decentralized local communities before the consolidation of rural districts.