Roland, IL
B&O Railroad
Milepost: 21.7
1938 Aerial View of Roland
Illinois Historical Aerial Photographs
Also known as Middlepoint
Indian Creek Township
White County
Northwest 1/4 of Section 11
Estimated GPS Coordinates: 37.939738488378175,-88.29905033111572
History
Middlepoint / Roland are names given to Milepost 21. Middle Point was closest to the railroad while Roland was east of the rail. Edward Oliver provided the location of the former station. Post Offices were established at both Middle Point and Roland. Middlepoint had a depot that was a shed with an open side facing the tracks from 1873 until sometime after the post office closed in 1904.
Ghost Towns of Southern Illinois - Glenn J. Sneed
History of White County, Illinois, Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois. 1883, p 528, 897.
Roland Map