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2016 Map of Rome

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

USGS Topo · Published 2016

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The Ohio River carves a deep, serpentine path through this borderland where Perry County, Indiana, meets Breckinridge County, Kentucky. This topography is defined by the sharp transition from the river's Holt Bottom to the high, dissected plateaus of the Hoosier National Forest. On the Indiana side, the landscape is a network of named ridges and hollows like Goosetown Ridge and Rickert Hollow, with small settlements such as Rome and German Ridge serving as historic anchors.

Across the water, the Kentucky bank features the river towns of Stephensport and Addison, where Town Creek and Sinking Creek join the main flow. The area is dense with genealogical landmarks, including family-named cemeteries such as Shoemaker Cem, Brashear Cem, and Wegenast Cem. These burial sites, often located on high ground like Riggs Hill or near the flats of Anspaugh Flats, indicate the long-standing family ties to this river valley landscape.