1964 Map of Sutter

About this map

Sutter and Elderville anchor this Hancock County landscape during the mid-1960s, a period where the grid of rural life is clearly defined by section lines and field boundaries. The township divisions of Montebello, Wythe, Walker, and ST Albans organize a terrain deeply etched by the drainage systems of Bear Creek and Little Bear Creek. For family historians, the map is remarkably dense with burial sites including Walker Cem, Wythe Cem, Congregational Cem, McGee Cem, and Grant Cem, many situated near modest country houses of worship like Bethlehem Ch and Salem Ch. The industrial footprint is minimal, represented by small Gravel Pits and a lone Railroad corridor in the northern sections, while Rocky Run and Crystal Creek wind through the remaining uncultivated wooded draws.