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1918 Map of Vermont

Name: 1918 Topographic Map of Vermont
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1918
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1918

About this map

The Fourth Principal Meridian serves as a stark vertical divide on this preliminary edition, highlighting the townships of Mound, Salem, and Eldorado. In this agricultural landscape of West Central Illinois, small rural settlements and a dense network of one-room schools define the social geography. At the northern edge, New Philadelphia sits along the Toledo Peoria and Western line, while further south, Adair is positioned on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad.

The distribution of schools, including Rich School, Corn Hill School, and Mud Acre School, illustrates the era's decentralized education system prior to school consolidation. Topography becomes more pronounced toward the south near Sugar Creek, where the land drops away from the level prairie into more dissected drainage basins. This map captures the county borders of McDonough, Fulton, and Schuyler counties at a moment when rail transport and township-based rural life remained the primary structures of the region.