1960 Map of Fairhaven

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The Indiana-Ohio border region north of College Corner Road defines the rural character of this 1960 survey, where small agricultural hamlets like Fairhaven and Kitchel serve as the primary social hubs. The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad cuts a diagonal path through the landscape, connecting Boston and Witts Station to the wider trade networks of the mid-century. This is a landscape of established family farms and local institutions, evidenced by the scattered California School and Dixon-Israel Township Sch, and the presence of the Sugar Grove Ch and Pentecost Cem. In the northwest, the edge of the Richmond Municipal Airport signals the increasing modern infrastructure of the era, while the eastern portion remains focused on the drainage of Four Mile Creek and its many tributaries.