1960 Map of Fountain City

About this map

Fountain City and the neighboring agricultural settlements of Williamsburg, Webster, and Chester anchor this 1960 landscape in northern Wayne County. The area is defined by a dense network of watercourses, including the Greens Fork, Nolands Fork, and the Whitewater River, which dictated the early layout of regional roads and rails. Two major rail lines, the Pennsylvania and the Chesapeake and Ohio, intersect the terrain, providing a look at the infrastructure of mid-century Indiana commerce. Local history is deeply embedded in the rural landscape, marked by numerous pioneer-era burial grounds such as Old Concord Cem, Willow Grove Cem, and Dover Cem. A Covered Bridge on Quill Cr south of Fountain City serves as a tangible link to 19th-century construction methods that persisted into the modern era.