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1961 Map of Boonville

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Boonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

The industrial and civic heart of Warrick County is captured here in the early 1960s, centered on the city of Boonville. The landscape reveals a complex history of land use, where extensive areas are marked as Reclaimed Strip Mine alongside active operations like the Shaw Mine and Houston Mine. This transition from active coal extraction to reclaimed terrain is particularly evident around Scales Lake County Park and the headwaters of Cypress Creek.

In the western reaches, the town of Chandler sits near the Greenwood Cem, while the rural surroundings are dotted with family-named landmarks and ancestral sites like Clutter Stone Cem and Ellis Cem. Institutional history is grounded in the presence of the Courthouse at the city center, the Boonville Airport, and local schools such as St Clements Sch and Clarke Sch. The intricate drainage patterns of Carter Ditch and Kelly Ditch further define this working landscape of southwestern Indiana.