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1971 Map of Clinton Falls

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Clinton Falls
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Clinton Falls and Brunerstown anchor this Putnam County landscape as it appeared in the early 1970s. The region is defined by the winding paths of Little Walnut Creek and Big Walnut Creek, where several timber-framed crossings remain, including Collins Covered Bridge, Dunbar Covered Bridge, and Oakalla Covered Bridge. These structures represent a persistent local infrastructure in a period when the Penn Central railroad still cut through the southern portion of Greencastle and Madison townships.

Rural community life is centered around landmarks like Long Branch Ch and Pleasant Hill Ch, alongside several family and local burial grounds such as Little Walnut Cem and Vermillion Cem. The terrain rises to Bald Hill in the southwest, while the northern sections are crisscrossed by a structured grid of rural routes like 600 North Road and 450 North Road. A single Quarry near the Big Walnut Creek indicates local industrial activity amid the predominantly agricultural and wooded topography.