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1961 Map of Osgood

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Osgood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The town of Osgood serves as a focal point in this 1961 revision, situated where the Baltimore and Ohio railroad corridor intersects a grid of rural routes. The landscape transition from the Decatur and Ripley County line through several townships reveals a pattern of community life anchored by country churches and cemeteries. Settlements such as Napoleon and the small locality of Jericho are linked by the historic Michigan Road and a network of named tracks like Brownstown Road.

Agricultural and civic development is evident in the presence of the County Fairground and the Jac-Cen-Del High School near the Osgood town limits. Waterways like Laughery Creek and Hickory Lick Creek wind through the township boundaries, often flanked by family-named burial grounds such as Salem Cem and Boocher Cem. This map records a mid-century Indiana landscape where established rail commerce and small-town institutional life remained central to the region's identity.