2019 Map of Pierceville

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Pierceville and its surrounding hamlets in Ripley County define this landscape of rolling ridges and wooded creek bottoms. The terrain is deeply carved by the drainage systems of Laughery Creek and Ripley Creek, which dictate the winding paths of the local road network. Smaller crossroads like Lookout and Delaware appear alongside numerous rural burial grounds, including Little Memory Church Cem and Prattsburg Cem, which serve as vital markers for genealogical research in this part of southeastern Indiana. The presence of Buell Airport and Lewis Airfield indicates the continued utility of the flat ridge-top plateaus for small-scale aviation. While modern roads have largely overwritten older paths, the underlying cadastral survey lines of t8n r12e and adjacent townships still govern the orientation of homesteads and fields, preserving a layout established long before the 21st century.