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2022 Map of Kossuth

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Kossuth
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Kossuth and Plattsburg anchor this rural Indiana landscape, where the headwaters of the W Fork Blue River and Buffalo Cr carve through a terrain defined by deep hollows and prominent knobs. The settlement pattern is deeply tied to the ridges, with Walnut Ridge and numerous family-named landmarks like Johnson Knob and Potato Knob shaping the local geography. A high concentration of small burial grounds, including Blue River Friends Cem and the Nicholson Cem, offers significant evidence of early family farmsteads and Quaker heritage in Washington County.

Outdoor recreation and historical transit are visible through the Knobstone Trl and the remnants of the Old Mail Rte, which wind through topographic features such as Deep Gap and Spurgeon Hollow. The complex drainage system, featuring Lick Skillet Hollow and Mandy Hollow, illustrates the challenging environment that early settlers navigated while establishing the network of roads like N State Rd 135 and E Rooster Hill Rd.