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1950 Map of New Amsterdam

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of New Amsterdam
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The Ohio River winds through this 1950 landscape, acting as the border between Kentucky and Indiana and the dividing line for Meade and Harrison counties. On the Indiana bank, the small settlement of New Amsterdam sits tucked against the river, bordered by the expansive Harrison-Crawford State Forest. The interior of the map reveals a highly decentralized rural pattern typical of the mid-century, defined by numerous one-room schoolhouses such as Liberty Sch, Mint Springs Sch, and Flat Rock Sch.

Industry is represented by an Oolitic quarry and a Conveyor Belt along the riverbanks near Battletown, suggesting active stone extraction during this era. Genealogists will find significant value in the scattered family-named cemeteries and landmarks, including the Chism Cem, Bennett Cem, and Ball Knob Cem, which mark the homesteads and communities of the Lapland and Washington townships before later consolidation altered the rural fabric.