1966 Map of Danville SW

About this map

Kickapoo State Park and the rugged basins of the Salt Fork River anchor the northwestern portion of this mid-1960s survey, illustrating a landscape deeply defined by surface excavation and post-mining reclamation. The terrain is characterized by a dense network of water bodies like Mission Field Pond and Doughnut Pond, which sit adjacent to numerous Mine Dumps and active operations such as the Deep Valley Mine. This industrial legacy is contrasted by the residential growth extending from Danville into South Danville and Tilton, where the Norfolk and Western and Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroads facilitated the movement of coal and freight.