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1962 Map of Monroe NW

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Monroe NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Shooks Prairie and the surrounding farmland of Green County define this landscape as it appeared in the early 1960s. The area is characterized by a dense network of local landmarks, reflecting a well-established rural community organized around the townships of Adams, Washington, Jordan, and Monroe. Numerous small educational centers, including Buckskin School, Argus School, and Blackford Sch, are scattered across the terrain, indicating the importance of neighborhood-based schooling before the era of widespread consolidation.

A series of watercourses, such as Buckskin Creek, Skinner Creek, and the Bushnell Branch, carve through the rolling agricultural fields, providing natural drainage and defining the local topography. Genealogists and local historians can trace family ties through several burial grounds, including Shooks Prairie Cem and Bankert Cem, which remain as permanent markers of early settlement. The map also records the persistence of local industry and infrastructure, from several small Quarry sites to the Radio Towers found in the southeastern corner.