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1915 Map of Vincennes

Name: 1915 Topographic Map of Vincennes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1915
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1915

About this map

The Wabash River meanders across the landscape, serving as a natural boundary between Illinois and Indiana. On the Indiana side, Vincennes stands as a significant rail and trade hub, while the vast Vincennes Common to its south reveals a structured agricultural layout. To the west in Illinois, Lawrenceville and St Francisville are connected by a dense network of early 20th-century railroads, including the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern and the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis.

Rural life is meticulously detailed through dozens of district schools, such as the Sand Barrens School, Shiloh School, and Bellewood School, which served dispersed farming communities. The terrain is marked by distinctive features like the Sand Barrens and numerous swampy lowlands, including Otter Pond and Swan Pond, illustrating the complex drainage patterns before modern land reclamation fully transformed the river valley.