1966 Map of Saint Bernice

About this map

Brouilletts Creek winds across the landscape of the Illinois and Indiana border, anchoring a region defined by small rail-side settlements and rural homesteads in the mid-1960s. The community of Saint Bernice serves as a central hub, while smaller hamlets like Jonestown and Blanford follow the path of the Railroad. Evidence of the area's industrial and agricultural history is scattered throughout, notably at the Shirkie Mine Pond in the south and the numerous family-named burial grounds like Old Scott Cem and Stafford-Simmons Cem that provide a record of early residents in Hunter and Clinton townships. The map's 1980s photorevisions highlight modern infrastructure changes, such as the Substation near the state line, while the presence of churches like St Aloysius Ch and Little Grove Ch underscores the established community life of this borderland territory.