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1943 Map of Dugger

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Dugger
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

The town of Dugger serves as a focal point for this 1940s landscape, where a dense network of extraction and transportation shaped local life. Numerous excavations, including the Hickory Grove Mine and several scattered Strip Mines, dominate the topography, while a series of rail lines including the Pennsylvania and Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville converge to support the local coal economy. This industrial activity is woven among long-established rural settlements like Caledonia, Farnsworth, and Scotchtown.

For genealogists, the map preserves the exact locations of many family and community landmarks. Small rural churches such as Berea Ch, Hickory Church, and Long Chapel are interspersed with family-named cemeteries like Haupt Cem, Pirtle Cem, and Booker Cem. The map also captures the path of Busseron Creek and Buttermilk Creek as they traverse the varied terrain of Cass, Haddon, and Jefferson townships.