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1969 Map of Rosston

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Rosston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

Eagle Creek meanders through the heart of this agricultural landscape at the junction of Clinton, Marion, and Boone counties. Small farming hamlets and rural hubs like Rosston, Gadsden, and Northfield anchor the road network, while the southern edge of the sheet shows the early expansion of Whitestown near Community Park. The 1969 field check captures a transitional era, preserving the locations of local landmarks such as Lanes Chapel, the Township Hall, and several country sanctuaries including Antioch Ch and Fairview Ch.

Linear infrastructure is prominent, from the diagonal path of the Old Railroad Grade to the Indianapolis Terry Airfield situated near the Marion County line. Genealogists will find significant value in the detailed placement of family-named sites like the Parr-Jones Cem and the small settlements of Waugh and Dixon, which provide a clear record of central Indiana's rural settlement pattern before late-twentieth-century suburbanization.