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2011 Map of Hillisburg

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Hillisburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

The small settlements of Hillisburg and Scircleville anchor this rural Clinton County landscape, where the flat Midwestern topography is defined by an extensive network of man-made drainage systems. Features like Stump Ditch, Davis DITCH, and Sandlin Ditch crisscross the farmland to manage water for the surrounding agriculture. Natural watercourses such as South Fork Wildcat Creek and Swamp Creek meander through the grid-like road system, which remains largely faithful to original section lines.

Family and community history is deeply rooted here, evidenced by the high density of small burial grounds scattered across the township. From Kings Corner Cemetery in the south to Veneman Cemetery in the north near Kilmore Creek, these sites represent the generational heritage of the local farming population. The northern edge of the map features the village of Forest, serving as a gateway to the neighboring agricultural tracts connected by a web of county roads.