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1964 Map of Colusa

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Colusa
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The railroad-aligned settlements of Colusa and Adrian anchor this mid-1960s study of Hancock County, where the iron rails of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy corridor dictate the local geography. The landscape transitions from the flat agricultural plains of Rock Creek and Pilot Grove in the south to the more dissected terrain of the north, carved by the winding paths of Camp Creek, Grove Creek, and Deer Creek.

Genealogists can find several family-named burial sites, including Harris Cem, Myers Cem, and Little Cem, which remain as markers of the area's early rural communities. Educational consolidation is evident at the Nauvoo-Colusa Sch, while smaller named locales such as Tilton and Byler provide further points of interest for researchers tracing specific property locations and local history. The map also captures the expansion of Dallas City and Pontoosuc, showing their corporate boundaries during this era of mid-century growth.