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1960 Map of Point Isabel

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Point Isabel
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

Point Isabel sits at the heart of this 1960 survey, serving as a central hub in a landscape defined by an orderly grid of country roads and agricultural drainages. Located at the intersection of Greene and Liberty townships, the area shows a persistent pattern of rural community life centered around local institutions like the Township Sch and several country churches. The geography is intricately woven with watercourses such as Pipe Creek and Grassy Fork, alongside man-made improvements like Roberts Ditch and Wimmer Ditch, which underscore the importance of land drainage to the local economy.

Industrial and social history is visible in the presence of the Pattison Grade and small settlements like Normal and Rigdon on the southern border. For genealogists and local historians, the map provides specific locations for Antioch Ch, Jones Chapel, and Knox Chapel, offering a precise spatial record of these congregations before further 20th-century consolidation changed the rural social fabric.