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1961 Map of Hillisburg

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Hillisburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Agricultural patterns and small-town commerce define this Clinton County landscape as it appeared in the early 1960s. The New York Chicago and St Louis Railroad serves as a primary east-west corridor, connecting the settlements of Hillisburg, Scircleville, and Forest. These communities are situated within a surveyor's grid of section roads like 400 North Road and 200 South Road, where grain storage and local transit were central to the rural economy.

Genealogists will find a wealth of family history landmarks, including numerous small burial grounds such as Veneman Cem, Merritt Cem, and Scott Cem. Of particular historical interest is the Old Indian Treaty Boundary cutting across the southern portion of Kirklin township, a remnant of early frontier surveying. The landscape is drained by a complex network of natural waterways like Kilmore Creek and Sugar Creek, augmented by man-made improvements like Dunn Ditch and Sandlin Ditch to support local farming.