2022 Map of Coal City

About this map

Coal City sits at the northern end of this Indiana landscape, where the borders of Clay, Owen, and Greene counties meet. The terrain is defined by the winding course of the Eel River and the historical footprint of the Wabash and Erie Canal, which cuts across the central lowlands near Johnstown. The abundance of small family and community burial grounds, such as Scaffold Prairie Cem and Bullerman Cem, points to a long-established rural population and provides essential data points for genealogists. Waterways like White Oak Cr and Susan Brothers Cr drain the uplands, feeding into larger systems that supported early industry and transport. Smaller settlements like Daggett, Brunswick, and Hubbell are interspersed among the grid of county roads, illustrating the transition between the agricultural plains and the wooded drainages of Lick Creek and Pond Cr.