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1953 Map of Tell City

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Tell City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Hawesville anchors this mid-century survey along the southern bend of the Ohio River, where the landscape transitions from industrial riverfront to the dissected uplands of Hancock County. The Louisville and Nashville railroad tracks parallel the riverbank, connecting the town to the rural communities of Adair and Petri. The interior hills are marked by the presence of strip mines, reflecting the extraction economy that shaped local land use alongside traditional farming.

Genealogical interest is found in the high concentration of family-named burial grounds north of the main settlements, including Knox Cem, Thrasher Cem, and Greathouse Cem. Spiritual life in these rural hills is evidenced by New Chapel, Poplar Grove Ch, and Hillsdale Ch. A passenger ferry crossing near Goose Pond maintains a vital link to the Indiana shoreline, while smaller drainage systems like Yellow Creek and Lead Creek carve through the terrain toward the Ohio.