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1974 Map of Carlisle

Name: 1974 Topographic Map of Carlisle
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The town of Carlisle serves as a focal point in this southern Indiana landscape, where the Louisville and Nashville and Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroads intersect. A notable diagonal line across the terrain marks the Old Indian Treaty Boundary, illustrating how early land cessions permanently etched their path into the regional survey system. The area is dense with family and community burial grounds, including the Old Town Cem and Dooley Cem near the town center, and the IOOF Cem to the northwest.

Agricultural life is anchored by local congregations like Shaker Prairie Ch and Oakland Ch, while water follows the meandering courses of Busseron Creek and Tanyard Branch. These watercourses and their associated levees define the low-lying areas between Gill and Haddon townships. To the south, the settlement of Oaktown sits just across the county line, providing a glimpse into the crossroads communities of the mid-1970s.