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2013 Map of Poseyville

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Poseyville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

Poseyville serves as the primary hub of this landscape, where a network of local roads converges at the intersection of state routes and the regional rail line. The settlement pattern across this portion of Posey County reflects a legacy of agricultural development and water management, evidenced by the managed flows of Higginbotham Ditch and Belcher Ditch. To the west, the village of Stewartsville and the smaller locality of Barrett sit near the winding path of the Black River, which defines much of the local drainage before it meets the Wabash River further west.

Aviation and isolated rural hamlets add character to the area, with Garrett Field Airport to the north and Bugtown Airport near the curious settlement of Rapture in the south. The terrain is marked by numerous small water bodies such as Foote Pond and a dense grid of county roads, including Pumpkin Run Rd and Barrett Switch Rd, which provide access to the expansive farmsteads and rural homesites that have defined this corner of Indiana for generations.