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1956 Map of Williamsburg

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Williamsburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

The town of Williamsburg serves as a focal point in this mid-century topographic study of Franklin County, showing a landscape defined by small-scale farming and the winding courses of East Branch Mill Creek and Teaqua Creek. Just to the southwest lies the historic site of Silkville, a unique settlement known for its 19th-century communal history. The area is intersected by an Old Indian Boundary that cuts diagonally across the eastern landscape, marking a former line of demarcation that shaped local land parcels and development.

Rural landmarks are distributed throughout the surrounding townships of Homewood, Williamsburg, and Reeder. Genealogical details are preserved through locations like Mt Hope Cem, Middle Creek Cem, and St Patricks Sch near the Franklin Co Anderson Co line. Drainage patterns include Sac Creek and Iantha Creek, while the presence of an Old Channel reveals the shifting hydrology of this prairie region before late-20th-century revisions were noted.