1959 Map of Owensville

About this map

Owensville serves as the primary hub of this southwestern Indiana landscape, where the grid-like agricultural plains of Patoka township meet the more broken terrain of Montgomery. A notable historical artifact of the early nineteenth century is visible in the north, where the Old Indian Treaty Boundary cuts diagonally across the township lines. This line, combined with the presence of the Southern and Louisville and Nashville railroads, illustrates the evolution of land use from early frontier agreements to the established transportation networks of the mid-twentieth century.