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1965 Map of Martinsville

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Martinsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Martinsville serves as the focal point of this mid-1960s survey, situated along the White River and the corridor of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The town’s social and civic heart is visible through the detailed placement of the Courthouse, City Hall, and several educational facilities like Central Sch and Poston Rd Sch. Beyond the urban core, the landscape transitions into the wooded ridges of the Morgan Monroe State Forest and the Bradford Woods State Reservation, which contains the evocatively named Old Swimmin Hole Lake.

Family history is preserved through scattered burial grounds and rural places of worship, including Nutter Cem, Maxwell Cem, and Mt Olive Chapel. The map reveals a diversified mid-century rural economy, featuring several fish hatcheries, a Power Plant, and numerous gravel pits. Notable geographic landmarks like Jakes Butte and Slaughterhouse Hill break the river valley terrain, while small communities such as Hyndsdale and Champlin Meadows offer a look at local settlement patterns of the era.