Map of Bloomington, Illinois by USGS, 1998: Normal, Lake Bloomington & Illinois State University
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Published in 2000 from 1998 cartographic data, “Bloomington East” is a finely detailed U.S. Geological Survey topographic portrait of Bloomington, Illinois, and...
Continua a leggerePublished in 2000 from 1998 cartographic data, “Bloomington East” is a finely detailed U.S. Geological Survey topographic portrait of Bloomington, Illinois, and its surrounding McLean County landscape at the turn of the millennium. Drawn at the classic 1:24,000 scale, it captures the city not merely as a street network, but as a living terrain of contours, waterways, rail lines, neighborhoods, parks, and expanding infrastructure. Bloomington appears here in close relationship with Normal to the north, showing the urban fabric of two closely linked communities whose growth has long been shaped by commerce, education, transportation, and the rich agricultural plains of central Illinois.
The U.S. Geological Survey brought more than a century of scientific mapping expertise to this work, and its disciplined visual language is evident throughout. Contour lines articulate subtle elevation changes across a landscape that might otherwise appear deceptively flat, while color coding distinguishes urbanized areas, rural tracts, wooded zones, water features, and major transportation corridors. This is the kind of map that rewards close reading: highways, subdivisions, institutional grounds, airport facilities, rail infrastructure, and recreational spaces are rendered with precision, creating a layered record of how Bloomington functioned spatially at the close of the twentieth century.
Bloomington itself is shown as a major regional center, with its neighborhoods, road systems, civic spaces, and commercial arteries radiating across the map. Interstate 55 and State Route 9 underscore the city’s role as a transportation hub, connecting it to Chicago, Springfield, Peoria, and the broader Midwest. The Central Illinois Regional Airport appears as another marker of regional connectivity, while railroads recall the city’s older industrial and logistical history. Nearby Normal and Illinois State University add an academic and cultural dimension, reflecting the long-standing partnership between town, campus, and commerce in this part of Illinois.
Natural and recreational features give the map much of its quiet richness. Lake Bloomington and Evergreen Lake anchor the surrounding countryside, offering a contrast to the gridded streets and engineered corridors of the urban area. Smaller waterways, green spaces, wooded tracts, and parks such as Verlohn Park punctuate the built environment, while the Constitution Trail traces a modern recreational route through the community. These features reveal a city negotiating the balance between growth and open space, infrastructure and leisure, environmental management and suburban expansion—an especially resonant theme for a map created just before the rapid development patterns of the early twenty-first century.
As a historical document, “Bloomington East” preserves a precise moment in the evolution of central Illinois. Its depiction of residential subdivisions, highways, airport grounds, educational institutions, lakes, railroads, and rural edges reflects Bloomington’s transition into a modern metropolitan center while still rooted in the agricultural geometry of the prairie. The map is both practical and evocative: a scientific survey, a civic snapshot, and a visual record of place. For collectors interested in American urban development, Midwestern landscapes, or the authoritative elegance of USGS cartography, it offers a compelling view of Bloomington and Normal as they stood at the threshold of a new century.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Bloomington, IL
- Normal, IL
- Lake Bloomington
- Evergreen Lake
- Verlohn Park
- Central Illinois Regional Airport
- Constitution Trail
- Illinois State University
- Various highways, including I-55 and State Route 9
- Residential neighborhoods and subdivisions
- Parks and recreational areas
- Forested regions
- Railroads and railway infrastructure
Historical context & cartographic details
- Produced by the U.S. Geological Survey as a historical 1:24,000 topographic map.
- Dated 1998, with a 2000 imprint.
- Shows Bloomington, Illinois, and the surrounding McLean County area at the turn of the millennium.
- Bloomington is a major city in McLean County, historically significant as a center for commerce and education.
- Uses contour lines to show elevation changes across the landscape.
- Includes color coding to distinguish urban, rural, and other land-use areas.
- Depicts lakes, waterways, infrastructure, and varying elevations.
- Reflects land use, development, urbanization, and environmental management in Bloomington around 2000.
- Employs detailed cartographic practices, including a well-defined scale for accurate distances and elevations.
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
Published in 2000 from 1998 cartographic data, “Bloomington East” is a finely detailed U.S. Geological Survey topographic portrait of Bloomington, Illinois, and its surrounding McLean County landscape at the turn of the millennium. Drawn at the classic 1:24,000 scale, it captures the city not merely as a street network, but as a living terrain of contours, waterways, rail lines, neighborhoods, parks, and expanding infrastructure. Bloomington appears here in close relationship with Normal to the north, showing the urban fabric of two closely linked communities whose growth has long been shaped by commerce, education, transportation, and the rich agricultural plains of central Illinois.
The U.S. Geological Survey brought more than a century of scientific mapping expertise to this work, and its disciplined visual language is evident throughout. Contour lines articulate subtle elevation changes across a landscape that might otherwise appear deceptively flat, while color coding distinguishes urbanized areas, rural tracts, wooded zones, water features, and major transportation corridors. This is the kind of map that rewards close reading: highways, subdivisions, institutional grounds, airport facilities, rail infrastructure, and recreational spaces are rendered with precision, creating a layered record of how Bloomington functioned spatially at the close of the twentieth century.
Bloomington itself is shown as a major regional center, with its neighborhoods, road systems, civic spaces, and commercial arteries radiating across the map. Interstate 55 and State Route 9 underscore the city’s role as a transportation hub, connecting it to Chicago, Springfield, Peoria, and the broader Midwest. The Central Illinois Regional Airport appears as another marker of regional connectivity, while railroads recall the city’s older industrial and logistical history. Nearby Normal and Illinois State University add an academic and cultural dimension, reflecting the long-standing partnership between town, campus, and commerce in this part of Illinois.
Natural and recreational features give the map much of its quiet richness. Lake Bloomington and Evergreen Lake anchor the surrounding countryside, offering a contrast to the gridded streets and engineered corridors of the urban area. Smaller waterways, green spaces, wooded tracts, and parks such as Verlohn Park punctuate the built environment, while the Constitution Trail traces a modern recreational route through the community. These features reveal a city negotiating the balance between growth and open space, infrastructure and leisure, environmental management and suburban expansion—an especially resonant theme for a map created just before the rapid development patterns of the early twenty-first century.
As a historical document, “Bloomington East” preserves a precise moment in the evolution of central Illinois. Its depiction of residential subdivisions, highways, airport grounds, educational institutions, lakes, railroads, and rural edges reflects Bloomington’s transition into a modern metropolitan center while still rooted in the agricultural geometry of the prairie. The map is both practical and evocative: a scientific survey, a civic snapshot, and a visual record of place. For collectors interested in American urban development, Midwestern landscapes, or the authoritative elegance of USGS cartography, it offers a compelling view of Bloomington and Normal as they stood at the threshold of a new century.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Bloomington, IL
- Normal, IL
- Lake Bloomington
- Evergreen Lake
- Verlohn Park
- Central Illinois Regional Airport
- Constitution Trail
- Illinois State University
- Various highways, including I-55 and State Route 9
- Residential neighborhoods and subdivisions
- Parks and recreational areas
- Forested regions
- Railroads and railway infrastructure
Historical context & cartographic details
- Produced by the U.S. Geological Survey as a historical 1:24,000 topographic map.
- Dated 1998, with a 2000 imprint.
- Shows Bloomington, Illinois, and the surrounding McLean County area at the turn of the millennium.
- Bloomington is a major city in McLean County, historically significant as a center for commerce and education.
- Uses contour lines to show elevation changes across the landscape.
- Includes color coding to distinguish urban, rural, and other land-use areas.
- Depicts lakes, waterways, infrastructure, and varying elevations.
- Reflects land use, development, urbanization, and environmental management in Bloomington around 2000.
- Employs detailed cartographic practices, including a well-defined scale for accurate distances and elevations.
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
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Most orders are made locally and delivered in around 2–3 working days, depending on the product, size and destination.
We print and frame maps and artwork in 24 countries around the world, so your order is usually made close to you or your recipient. That means faster delivery, less time in transit, and no customs or import duty surprises.
Personalised and customised pieces usually take an extra 1–2 working days, because we prepare your design and send it to you for approval before printing.
Very large framed orders can take a little longer, as they need extra care in production and delivery.
Every order is carefully packaged: unframed prints are sent in a strong protective tube, while framed pieces are securely packed with protective materials around the frame.
If you need your order by a particular date, please contact us before ordering. We’ll check the best production route and delivery option for your location.
Express delivery is available at checkout for most countries. Next-day delivery is available in the UK, US, Singapore and the UAE.
Your order is covered by our 90-day returns policy and 10-year guarantee.
Our standard frame is a gallery-style black ash hardwood frame, with a simple, modern look. It is approximately 20mm (0.8in) wide. You can also view some lovely customer photos of framed maps and art.
We use super-clear acrylic glazing, also known as Perspex or Acrylite, instead of traditional glass. It is lighter, safer, and has lower reflectivity, giving the artwork a clearer, cleaner appearance.
Six standard frame colours are available at no extra cost: black, dark brown, dark grey, oak, white, and antique gold. Custom framing and mounting/matting is also available for customers looking for something more specific.
Most maps, art prints, and illustrations are also available as a framed canvas. We use matte cotton canvas, stretch it over a sustainably sourced wooden box frame, and then float the piece within a wooden outer frame. The finished result is beautifully presented, with no glazing between you and the artwork.
All frames are supplied ready to hang, with either string or brackets fitted to the back. Very large frames will include heavy-duty hanging plates and/or a mounting baton. If you have any questions, please get in touch.
We can also supply old maps and artwork on canvas, foam board, cotton rag, and other materials.
If you would prefer to frame your map or artwork yourself, please read our size guide before ordering.
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Questa mappa può essere adattata a una particolare parete, stanza o progetto, e il nostro laboratorio può aiutare a coordinare dimensioni, materiale e incorniciatura prima della produzione.
- Dimensioni precise, extra-large e su misura
- Incorniciatura, montaggio e materiali alternativi personalizzati
- Pezzi coordinati per più stanze o sedi
- Personalizzazione della mappa, per evidenziare luoghi importanti o aggiungere dettagli supplementari
- Consulenza su mappa e incorniciatura dal nostro laboratorio
- Produzione locale per progetti in tutto il mondo
Every Unique Maps piece begins with an authentic cartographic source or an original design from our London studio.
For our historic maps, we source rare originals from libraries, archives, auction houses and private collections around the world. We carefully restore each map for print—repairing age-related damage, balancing colour and improving clarity while preserving its original detail, texture and character.
Once restored, the map is prepared for your chosen size and finish. Your piece is then printed and, where selected, framed close to its delivery destination.
Our map prints use acid-free 200gsm archival matte paper and fade-resistant pigment inks, creating a rich, non-glossy finish designed to last. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
Canvas, cotton-rag and other specialist presentations are also available. Learn more about our materials and finishes.
Personalising your map
You can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. For personalised designs, we send a proof before printing and you can request changes before approval.
For more complex bespoke commissions, contact our design team.
Original or Aged
Choose Original for true-to-source colour, or Aged for a warmer, richer antique character created with our specialist ageing process. See examples of our Aged maps.
Restauriamo e produciamo mappe e stampe d’arte dal 1984, e garantiamo personalmente ogni pezzo.
Ogni ordine è coperto dalla nostra garanzia di 10 anni e dalla garanzia di consegna senza danni. Se il vostro pezzo arriva danneggiato, lo sostituiremo o lo rifaremo gratuitamente. Se qualsiasi altro aspetto non fosse conforme, contattate il nostro team di laboratorio e provvederemo tempestivamente a risolvere il problema.
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