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1962 Map of Hillsboro

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Hillsboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Hillsboro serves as the focal point of this Fountain County landscape, situated where the New York Central railroad corridor crosses the winding path of Coal Creek. The map reveals a mid-century rural infrastructure defined by scattered crossroads settlements like Steam Corner and Centennial, alongside an extensive grid of numbered section roads. Small family and community landmarks are frequent, including several houses of worship such as Scotts Prairie Ch and New Liberty Ch.

Evidence of the local economy and social life appears in features like the Gravel Pit near Sterling and a Drive-in Theater along the highway west of Hillsboro. The topography is shaped by the drainage patterns of Prairie Creek and Mill Creek, with several small burial grounds like Bonebrake Cem and Rose Hill Cemetery preserving the names of early resident families within the townships of Cain, Mill Creek, and Jackson.