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1951 Map of Mecca

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Mecca
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Raccoon Creek and its tributary valleys define the landscape of this western Indiana survey, where industrial activity and rural settlements meet. The town of Mecca serves as a focal point, showing a cluster of Kilns that highlight the area's history with clay and brick production. The map captures a high density of early 1950s infrastructure, from the Roseville Sch in Coxville to the numerous family and community burial grounds like Hixon Cem and Union Cem.

A network of three different railroads—the Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Chicago and Eastern Illinois—crosses the terrain, linking villages such as Lyford, Numa, and Jessup. The map provides excellent detail for genealogists, identifying landmarks like Bethel Ch and the Thorpe Ford Bridge, documenting the spatial relationship between these social centers and the surrounding farmsteads just before mid-century modernization accelerated.