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1966 Map of Newton

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Newton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The railroad town of Newton serves as the focal point of this mid-1960s survey, situated at the busy junction of the Illinois Central and the Gulf Mobile and Ohio railroads. The town landscape is marked by Clark Memorial College, several water tanks, and a local Radio Tower (WBKN), while the nearby O'Keefe Airfield points to a growing postwar aviation presence. To the west, the village of Lawrence sits along the rail line, surrounded by a rural tapestry of timber and agriculture.

Evidence of the era's infrastructure boom is found north of town, where a new two-lane highway is marked as Under Construction 2 Lane. The southern portion of the map transitions into the Bienville National Forest, where topography rises toward Nance Hill. Genealogists will find a high density of rural landmarks, including Evans Cem, Richardson Mill, and numerous country churches like Union Chapel Ch and Pilgrim Grove Ch.