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1959 Map of Princeton

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Princeton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Princeton serves as the bustling hub of Gibson County in the late 1950s, its street grid anchored by the Courthouse and City Hall. The landscape is a detailed map of mid-century infrastructure and civic life, from the County Fairgrounds on the north side to the industrial footprint of an Oil Refinery near King. Rail transit remains vital to the local economy, with the Southern and Chicago and Eastern Illinois lines intersecting the territory, facilitating the movement of goods through the Indiana countryside.

Beyond the city limits, the map reveals a deeply rooted rural community organized around family and faith. Numerous cemeteries like Walnut Hill Cem and Oddfellows Cemetery provide significant data for genealogists, while small settlements such as Douglas and Fort Branch mark the edges of the quadrangle. Drainage and agriculture are meticulously documented through a network of named waterways including Pigeon Creek and Mc Gary Ditch.