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1942 Map of Dennison

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Dennison
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

The Illinois-Indiana state line bisects this 1939 survey, where the rolling bluffs of Clark and Vigo Counties meet the low-lying floodplain of the Wabash River. The settlement of South Vigo sits atop the high ground overlooking the wide bottomlands of Prairieton, a landscape defined by the serpentine curves of Chestnut Bayou and the drainage of Hawk Creek.

Transportation corridors dominate the interior, following the legacy of early regional travel. The historic National Road cuts across the center, supported by a secondary network of family and local routes like Crews Road, Ellsworth Lane, and Castro Lane. This map preserves the 1940s rural infrastructure of the Wabash Valley before modern agricultural consolidation and highway developments altered these traditional property lines and rural lane placements.