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1966 Map of Danville NE

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Danville NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The industrial and transportation hub of Danville anchors this mid-century survey, revealing a landscape defined by an extensive web of railroads and regional infrastructure. Major rail lines including the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific, and the New York Central converge here, facilitating the growth of the city's residential and educational districts. Significant institutional footprints are visible, from the VA Hospital and Danville Jr College to a dense concentration of local schools like East Park Jr High Sch and Northeast Sch.

Beyond the urban core, the landscape transitions into the farming communities of Newell and Steuben, where family-named landmarks such as Leonard Cem and Huffman Cem provide essential data for genealogists. The northeastern corner reaches the State Line between Illinois and Indiana, marked by the community of Illiana. Smaller settlements like West Newell and Campbell appear alongside spiritual centers such as Walnut Corner Ch and Hopewell Ch, illustrating the scattered but organized rural social structure of the 1960s.