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1925 Map of Yorkville

Name: 1925 Topographic Map of Yorkville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

The Fox River carves a winding path through this Illinois landscape, serving as the central axis for growth between Aurora and Yorkville. Surveyed in the 1920s with updates through the early 1940s, the map reveals a dense network of one-room schoolhouses, such as Wormley School and Gorton School, which anchored the rural townships of Oswego and Bristol before mid-century consolidation. The transportation corridor is defined by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad and the Aurora and Elgin Electric Railway, illustrating how rail and electric interurbans connected these river towns to the broader region.

Further south, the terrain transitions into the agricultural reaches of Kendall and Na Au Say townships. Here, the landscape is dotted with smaller settlements like Plattville and Lisbon, and family-named landmarks such as Ament Corners and McCaulley School. This survey captures the county at a moment when the rural school system was at its peak, providing a detailed census of local education and the early road network before the era of modern highway expansion.