Loading map...

1939 Map of Wenona

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Wenona
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1939
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1939

About this map

Agricultural life in North Central Illinois is meticulously documented here, where three counties—Putnam, La Salle, and Marshall—converge. The landscape is defined by an intensive network of one-room schoolhouses, including the uniquely named Black College Sch and Brushy College Sch, reflecting the importance of local education in these rural townships. The map records the transition of transportation, noting the Central Illinois (Abandoned) rail line alongside active routes of the New York Central and Illinois Central.

Regional hubs like Wenona, Toluca, and Tonica anchor the grid, while smaller settlements such as Mt Palatine and Magnolia serve the surrounding farmsteads. The drainage of Sandy Creek and Cedar Creek provides the primary relief in an otherwise strictly surveyed landscape of section lines and gravel roads. For genealogists, the presence of the Wenona Cem and dozens of family-named schools offers precise locations for early 20th-century ancestral research.