Shelby County
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Shelby County, Illinois during the mid-20th century.
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Description
This interesting plan of Shelby County, Illinois provides a detailed overview of the county’s school districts, transportation routes, and boundary lines. Towns and townships are labeled, along with railroads and adjacent counties. A table in the center-left indicates the map was originally drawn in 1936, with revisions performed regularly through 1943. Manuscript annotations indicate further use in redesignating school and fire protection districts into the early 1950s.
At the time, both Shelbyville and Windsor were considered by some to be ‘sundown towns’, places where it was unsafe for African-Americans to remain (as a resident or visitor) after sunset. Compiled and published by the Illinois Department of Revenue Property Tax Division (faintly visible below the title), but the map was repurposed for a different use as part of a railroad archive.
Source: Medium
Map Details
Publication Date: c. 1953
Author: Illinois Department of Revenue Property Tax Division
Sheet Width (in): 43
Sheet Height (in): 36.5
Condition: B
Condition Description: Blueprint style map on a single-sided sheet with soft creasing along old folds and numerous tears along the outer edges of the sheet (very little loss). Wrinkling and curled where previously rolled. Manuscript annotations throughout in a variety of penciled shades. Scattered soiling and spotting, consistent with age and use. Good condition overall.
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