1968 Map of Aurora West

About this map

Aurora serves as the primary hub of this Hamilton County landscape, appearing here as it was surveyed in the late 1960s. The town's grid is dense with civic and social infrastructure, from the County Fairground and Streeter Park to the Home for the Aged and local medical facilities. Beyond the city limits, the terrain transitions into a strictly organized agricultural grid, defined by numerous irrigation wells and intersected by the diagonal line of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad. Rural life is anchored by landmarks such as Pleasant View Ch, Prairie Gem Cem, and the Miller Sch. To the south, the geometric precision of the township sections gives way to the natural meanders of Beaver Creek and the W Fk Big Blue River, where the elevation contours tighten as they approach the river valley near Seaton Cem.