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1913 Map of Waterloo

Name: 1913 Topographic Map of Waterloo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1913
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1913

About this map

The county seat of Waterloo serves as the central hub for this early twentieth-century portrait of Monroe and St. Clair Counties. The landscape is defined by its agrarian and industrial foundations, where the Mobile and Ohio RR and the St Louis and Belleville Electric RR facilitate the movement of goods and people between rural townships and nearby St. Louis. Evidence of local industry appears at the Diamond Joe Mine, while the density of rural education is remarkable, with schools like Stookey School, Fairview School, and West Prairie School dotting the countryside at nearly every major intersection.

Small hamlets such as Millstadt, Columbia, and Floraville are connected by a network of established routes including the St Louis Road and Smithton Road. The terrain transitions from the lowlands near Hill Lake and Bixby in the northwest to the higher elevations of Sugarloaf. This era represents the peak of rural settlement before mid-century consolidation, preserving the locations of family-named landmarks like Lemens School and the Palmer Cem.