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1958 Map of Liinden

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Liinden
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The agrarian landscape of the Montgomery and Tippecanoe county border is defined by a dense grid of rural roads and rail lines. At the center of the sheet, Linden serves as a primary junction where the Norfolk and Western and Seaboard railroads intersect, a pattern repeated to the west at New Richmond. These rail corridors were vital to the local economy, facilitating the transport of agricultural products from the surrounding farmsteads.

Genealogists will find significant detail in the placement of rural cemeteries and family-named locations such as Wilson-Killen Cem and the small settlement at Cook. The drainage of the land is carefully managed through a series of named waterways like the North Fork Coal Creek and engineered features like the Stock Farm Ditch. Social and recreational life in the late 1950s is noted by the inclusion of the Linden Conservation Club and the southerly cluster at Cherry Grove.