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1963 Map of Kossuth

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Kossuth
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Jackson-Washington State Forest dominates the upper half of this Washington County landscape, where the deeply dissected uplands of southern Indiana meet small agricultural settlements. The rural community of Plattsburg serves as a local hub near the Township Sch, while the crossroads of Kossuth and Georgetown anchor the western and eastern portions of the sheet. The terrain is defined by dramatic elevations like Potato Knob and Clay Hill, which rise above the intricate network of hollows including Spurgeon Hollow and Mandy Hollow.

Family history is preserved in numerous burial grounds and rural meeting houses, from the Collett Cem in the northwest to the Franklin Ch in the southeast. Waterways such as Delaney Creek and the West Fork Blue River dictate the local geography, providing drainage for the heavily wooded ridges. The presence of a Lookout Tower and Suicide Cave highlights the recreational and natural features of this timbered region during the early 1960s.