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1960 Map of Hartford City East

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Hartford City East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Hartford City serves as the focal point for this 1960 survey of Blackford County, showing the community just before the widespread modernization of its outskirts. The eastern edge of the city is dense with civic landmarks, from the Courthouse and City Hall to the Fairgrounds and Armory. Beyond the residential streets, the landscape transitions into a grid of agricultural land defined by an extensive network of drainage features like Slocum Ditch and Jones Ditch, essential for farming the Indiana plains.

Genealogists can trace several historic burial sites and rural congregations that anchored these farming townships, including the IOOF Cemetery, the Personett Cem near Millgrove, and Union Center Ch. The presence of the Old Railroad Grade and active lines like the Norfolk And Western illustrates the evolving transport infrastructure of the mid-20th century. Industrial markers, such as the Whitecotton Pipeline and local Kilns, provide a look at the commercial activity supporting the local economy during this era.