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1940 Map of Pimento

Name: 1940 Topographic Map of Pimento
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1940
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1940

About this map

Farmersburg and Pimento anchor this 1938 survey of southern Vigo County, where the transition from flat prairie to the dissected drainages of the Wabash valley is clearly visible. The landscape is defined by the course of Honey Creek and the meandering Prairie Creek, which feed into wetlands such as Goose Pond and Hayworth Slough. Significant early transportation routes are captured here, including the Dixie Highway running north-south through Youngstown and the historic Harrison Trail cutting across the northwestern corner.

Local rural life is well-documented through numerous small landmarks essential for genealogists, including New Harmony Ch and Oregon Ch. Burial grounds like Kester Cem and Union Cem provide precise locations for family history research. The boundary between Vigo and Sullivan counties is marked at the southern edge, showing the layout of farmsteads and township lines just before mid-century modernization.