2020 Map of Swifton West

About this map

The Black River winds through this Jackson County landscape, defining a complex system of backwaters and bends such as Perkins Bend and Running Water Bend. These natural hydrologic features contrast with the straight lines of the Tuckerman Ditch and Hatchet Ditch, which drain the low-lying agricultural lands. Settlement is clustered around established rail and road corridors, with Tuckerman and Swifton serving as primary hubs. For genealogists and local historians, the map preserves the locations of numerous family and community burial grounds, including the Foust-Adams Family Cem, Bandy Cem, and Harrison Cem. Smaller named locales like Kenyon, Lockheart, and Vance provide a look at the rural social geography of the region in the early twenty-first century.