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1958 Map of Seymour

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Seymour
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The East Fork White River dictates the landscape of this 1958 survey, winding through the heart of Jackson County. The city of Seymour serves as a major transportation hub, where the Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, and Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific railroads converge. This rail density, alongside the development of the Freeman Municipal Airport, illustrates the area's mid-century importance as a regional transit point.

Evidence of the region's earlier history is visible in the Old Indian Treaty Boundary that cuts diagonally across the townships of Hamilton, Jackson, and Brownstown. To the south, the terrain shifts abruptly from the river flats to the wooded elevations of the Jackson-Washington State Forest, anchored by the prominent Pinnacle. Local genealogy is well-represented through numerous schools and burial grounds, including the Riverview Cemetery and Cortland Cem.