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1959 Map of Princeton

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Princeton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Princeton serves as the busy center of Gibson County commerce and government, centered around the County Courthouse and City Hall. This mid-century landscape reflects a period of established urban infrastructure and surrounding rural expansion, with neighborhood schools like Franklin Sch and Lafayette Sch serving the growing residential blocks. The industrial footprint is marked by the Oil Refinery and the vital intersections of the Southern and Louisville and Nashville railroads, which facilitated movement across the Indiana countryside.

Legacy boundaries such as the Old Indian Treaty Boundary slash diagonally across the grid, a reminder of earlier frontier history amidst modern developments like the Drive-in Theater and Radio Tower (WRAY). To the south, the community of Fort Branch anchors the lower portion of the map, surrounded by family-named landmarks and cemeteries including Archer Cem and Walnut Hill Cem, which provide significant data points for genealogical research in the Patoka region.