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1974 Map of Springerton

Name: 1974 Topographic Map of Springerton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Skillet Fork and its winding Drainage Ditch define the agricultural landscape of this corner of White and Hamilton Counties during the mid-1970s. The village of Springerton stands as a central hub, connected to Mill Shoals to the north by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad corridor. The area is characterized by scattered rural settlements like Jacobs Camp and Anderson, which are interspersed with several small family and community burial grounds including Kitty Sweeten Cem, Hammack Cem, and McIntosh Cem.

Community life is anchored by local institutions such as the Mills Prairie Sch and country churches like Antioch Ch and Asbury Ch. The terrain transitions from the low-lying wetlands of Crouch Field to the higher ground of Burnt Prairie in the east. This survey captures a moment when traditional rail transport still traced the valley floor alongside waterways like Beaver Creek and Lost Run, before later 20th-century shifts in the regional rural economy.