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1958 Map of Greencastle

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Greencastle
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The university town of Greencastle serves as a major railway junction in the late 1950s, where the Pennsylvania, Monon, and New York Central lines converge. The campus of De Pauw Univ is clearly delineated near the town center, including the university Observatory and Administration Bldg. Beyond the urban core, the landscape is defined by the winding course of Big Walnut Creek and its many crossings, including the Covered Bridge and Pinhook Bridge.

Smaller settlements and rural nodes like Fillmore and Somerset appear alongside family-named cemeteries such as Rander Cem and Mt Pleasant Cem. The map reveals the infrastructure of mid-century Putnam County, from the Greencastle Municipal Airfield to the Radio Tower and local institutions like the County Home and County Hospital. This survey documents a period of established agricultural and academic life before the interstate era transformed regional transit.