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2016 Map of Rising Sun

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Rising Sun
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The Ohio River winds through this river valley, separating the riverfront city of Rising Sun in Indiana from the rolling hills of Kentucky. This 2016 survey illustrates the persistent importance of the river floodplains, marked by several distinct “bottoms” such as Upper East Bend Bottom, Lower East Bend Bottom, and Mexico Bottom. These fertile lowlands are bordered by steep ridges, including Mead Ridge and Indian Hill, where the landscape transitions into complex drainage networks formed by Gunpowder Creek, Arnold Creek, and Lick Creek.

Family history and local heritage are well-preserved through numerous small burial sites scattered across the topography. Genealogists will find several notable cemeteries like Cedar Hedge Cem, Marshall Cem, and Stephens Cem on the Kentucky side, while the Indiana banks feature the Rising Sun Cem and LaGrange Cem. Small communities like Belleview, Waterloo, and Hamilton anchor the rural roads that snake through the ridges, tracing the older settlement patterns of Boone and Ohio counties.