1948 Map of Trenton

About this map

Trenton serves as the focal point of this mid-century Grundy County landscape, where the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad bisects the terrain. The map captures a well-developed rural infrastructure of the late 1940s, marked by an exceptionally dense network of country schools such as Big Oak Sch, Oak Ridge Sch, and South Evans Sch. The winding Thompson River and its Old Channel define the western geography, bordering the newly established Crowder State Park.