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1964 Map of Hutton

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Hutton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The Wabash River meanders across the Illinois and Indiana border, defining the landscape of this 1960s survey. The area is marked by the agricultural communities of Hutton and Darwin, where the Darwin Ferry once provided a critical river crossing between Clark County, Illinois, and Vigo County, Indiana. The bottomlands are thick with backwater features such as Hayworth Slough, Blue Hole, and Greenfield Bayou, reflecting the river's historical shifts and its influence on local land use.

Genealogists will find a high density of small burial grounds, including Mackey Cem, Stevenson Cem, and Lykens Cem, often situated near rural landmarks like Cooper Chapel and Center Hill Ch. The presence of numerous oil wells and gravel pits near Big Knoll indicates a mid-century economy driven by natural resource extraction alongside traditional farming. This map captures the region just as photogrammetric methods began to modernize topographic recording in the mid-1960s.