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1910 Map of Bloomington

Name: 1910 Topographic Map of Bloomington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1910
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1910

About this map

The Indiana University campus anchors the growing city of Bloomington in this 1910 survey, which captures the region's transition into a major industrial and educational hub. A dense network of rail lines, including the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville RR and the Southern RR, crisscrosses the landscape to serve the local economy. The concentration of features like limestone quarries and specialized stops such as Diamond Quarry Switch reveals a landscape heavily shaped by mineral extraction.

Rural life is meticulously documented through numerous family-named landmarks and local institutions. Small communities like Ellettsville, Harrodsburg, and Smithville appear alongside dozens of neighborhood schoolhouses and churches, such as Hardscrabble School and Vernal Church. For genealogists, the map provides a precise layout of early 20th-century Monroe and Greene Counties, showing the exact placement of the County Farm and now-obscure settlements like Hendricksville and Kirksville before modern development altered these rural corridors.