1950 Map of Tuscola

About this map

The town of Tuscola serves as a major rail junction in this mid-century survey, where the Illinois Central, Baltimore and Ohio, and Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroads converge. This landscape reflects the transition of rural Illinois at a time when local school districts were consolidating, evidenced by numerous labeled sites like Casey Sch (Abandoned), Chambers Sch (Abandoned), and Harshbarger Sch (Abandoned). These small buildings, once the centers of their respective rural townships, sit alongside family and community burial grounds such as Mackville Cem and Rock Cem.