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1906 Map of Urbana

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of Urbana
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

Champaign and Urbana serve as the dominant urban core of this 1905 survey, which was updated with 1944 culture to reflect a landscape of maturing railroad junctions and agricultural commerce. The region is defined by a dense network of transit, where the Illinois Central, Wabash R R, and Peoria and Eastern lines converge to support the area's grain and trade economy. Beyond the main city limits, the map details smaller rail-stop settlements like Leverett, Mayview, and Deers, alongside the rural village of St Joseph along the Salt Fork.

The hydrologic character of the terrain is shaped by the West Branch and the Embarras River, which carve subtle drainage patterns through the surrounding townships. Local landmarks such as the Mt Olivet area and several unnamed cemeteries offer specific points of interest for genealogists tracing early 20th-century family locations. This edition represents a moment before the massive postwar expansion of the University of Illinois campus, capturing the original grid and the surrounding township boundaries like Compromise and St Joseph in their mid-century state.