1959 Map of Rushville

About this map

Rushville serves as the central hub of this 1959 survey, anchored by the Courthouse and substantial infrastructure including the Rush Memorial Hospital and the Fairgrounds. The Flatrock River winds through the landscape, flanked by the smaller Little Flatrock River and a scattering of early rural infrastructure. Numerous Gas Wells dot the countryside, indicating the subsurface energy economy of mid-century Rush County. For genealogists and local historians, the sheet is particularly detailed in its placement of family-named cemeteries such as Laughlin Cem, Matlock Cem, and Duke Cem. The presence of a Covered Bridge on the Little Flatrock River and another over the main branch near Milroy highlights the survival of older engineering alongside the heavy-duty transit lines of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads.