1962 Map of Monroe NW

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The rural landscape of northwestern Monroe and southern Washington townships is defined by the headwaters of the South Branch Hefty Creek and Bushnell Creek in the early 1960s. This agricultural region of Green County is dotted with the remnants of 19th-century social infrastructure, including several country schools like Blackford Sch and Argus Sch that served the surrounding farmstead families. Of particular note for genealogists are the family-named burial grounds and houses of worship, such as the Washington Ch and the Benkert-Bushnell Cem, which anchor the local community history. The terrain transitions into Shocks Prairie in the south, where numerous small quarries suggest a history of local stone extraction for building and road construction. The presence of the Iliff Cem and Iliff Sch near the southern border highlights how certain family names became synonymous with specific corners of the township.