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1902 Map of Boonville

Name: 1902 Topographic Map of Boonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Boonville serves as the primary hub of this turn-of-the-century landscape, positioned at the intersection of a developing rail network and rural agricultural townships. The Southern railroad and the Evansville Division anchor the southern corridor, facilitating movement through Chandler and De Forest. A significant historical remnant, the Indianapolis and Evansville Canal (Abandoned), traces a north-south path through the center of the sheet, illustrating an earlier era of water-based transit that has given way to the rail lines.

The topography is punctuated by prominent landmarks such as Big Ditney Hill and Little Ditney Hill, providing relief to the surrounding flats of Pigeon Creek and Cypress Creek. To the north and west, smaller settlements like Elberfeld, Lynnville, and Buckskin dot the map, connected by early thoroughfares such as Green River Road. The map provides a detailed look at the division of Warrick Co. and Gibson Co. before the intensive expansion of the mid-20th century.