
Prairieton sits at the northwestern edge of this landscape, marking an area defined by agricultural development and a complex network of drainage ditches and creeks. The terrain transitions from the lowlands of Hayworth Slough and McFarland Ditch in the west toward the higher ground near Youngstown and Pimento in the east. The map illustrates a rural society organized around small crossroads settlements and community hubs like Prairie Creek, where the First Prairie Creek Baptist Church Cem serves as a local landmark. A notable concentration of educational and transportation infrastructure appears in the northeast, anchored by the Ivy Tech Community College Terre Haute and nearby Aero Plaines Airport. Farther south, the Vigo and Sullivan County line bisects the territory just north of Farmersburg, revealing a landscape where traditional family-named cemeteries like Kester Cem and Union Cem are preserved amidst modern section lines and state roads.
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1932 · Marshall
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1937 · Marshall
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1940 · Lewis
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1940 · Pimento
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1941 · Seelyville
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1941 · Terre Haute
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1942 · Fairbanks
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1942 · Shelburn
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1942 · Hutton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1942 · Dennison
USGS Topo · 1:24,000