1978 Map of Bartlettsville

About this map

The northern reaches of Hoosier National Forest define this landscape along the Monroe Co Lawrence Co border, where the rugged southern Indiana topography meets the upper fingers of Monroe Lake. The map details a transition from the wooded ridges of Ramsey Ridge and Dutch Ridge to the agricultural bottoms and growing outskirts of Bedford. A distinct pattern of rural settlement is evident in small communities like Bartlettsville and Heltonville, supported by a network of country churches and family burial grounds including Covey Cem and Hawkins Cem. In the southern half, the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad tracks cut across the terrain near Shawswick, illustrating the region's transport links. Industrial presence is noted by a Quarry and scattered Oil Wells, while the presence of the Bedford-North Lawrence High Sch marks the encroaching suburbanization of the late 1970s.