1969 Map of Riverside

About this map

The English River meanders through the northern portion of this map, defining the landscape near the town of Riverside. This area, updated with photographic revisions into the early 1980s, reveals a rural landscape deeply rooted in family and community history. Genealogists will find a high density of burial grounds including St Vincent Cem, Mt Olivet Cem, Riverside Cem, and the more isolated Locust Grove Cem and Harrisburg Cem. These sites, along with the Highland Sch, reflect the established social structure of Washington Co and Johnson Co at the time. The terrain is characterized by the drainage basins of Davis Creek and Goose Creek, where the land transitions from river bottom to the textured ridges of Highland and Jackson townships.