1961 Map of Augusta

About this map

The Indian Treaty Boundary cuts through the southern portion of this Pike County landscape, a historical marker of early settlement limits that still shaped land divisions in the early 1960s. The region is defined by a dense network of extraction and transit, where strip mines and the Blackfoot Mine are juxtaposed with the winding course of the Patoka River. Industrial history is etched into the terrain through the remnants of an Old Railroad Grade and the active lines of the Southern railroad, connecting small settlements like Augusta and Hartwell Junction. Local life is anchored by community landmarks such as St Peters Ch near Stendal and the Odd Fellows Cem, while the Hartwell Lookout Tower stands over the wooded expanses of the Pike County State Forest. The map captures a moment when the coal economy was physically reshaping the geography of Marion, Lockhart, and Monroe townships.