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1966 Map of Paris North

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

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The northern reaches of Paris anchor this mid-1960s landscape, where the urban grid gives way to the agricultural expanses of Edgar County. The town's northern edge is defined by Twin Lakes and several community institutions, including St Marys Ch and Camp Blackhawk. Just outside the city limits, social and recreational life is evidenced by the Drive-in Theater and the local Fairground, illustrating the typical mid-century development pattern of services moving toward the periphery.

Rural life in the surrounding townships like Hunter and Stratton is organized around small crossroads and community hubs such as Pine Grove Community Center and the village of Horace. The New York Central railroad cuts a straight north-south line through the terrain, paralleling the Central road. For genealogists, the map is particularly useful for locating smaller burial grounds such as Sixteen Cem, Conkey Cem, and Franklin Cem, which are scattered among the drainages of Brouilletts Creek and Snake Creek.