1960 Map of Barnett

About this map

Barnett and the surrounding agricultural uplands of Morgan County are defined here by a network of rural churches and family landmarks in the early 1960s. The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad cuts through the southern landscape, passing near the Fish Hatchery and the small settlement of Wilkes. Local industry and history are visible in the north at the Simpson Mine and across the numerous watercourses like Moreau Creek and Beard Creek that drain the townships of Pilot Grove, Harrison, and Moreau. For genealogists and local historians, the map accurately preserves the locations of the Hopewell Ch, Kelsay Cem, and Phillips Cem. The presence of sites like Coal Bank Ford suggests a landscape where older river crossings remained essential to local movement even as the modern road system developed.