1979 Map of Seymour West

About this map

The agrarian landscape of Wayne County is defined by a dense network of watercourses and intersecting rail lines during the late 1970s. The northern reaches are dominated by South Fork Corydon Creek, Walnut Creek, and Jackson Creek, while the southern townships of Howard and Monroe are drained by Locust Creek. Transportation history is clearly legible here, as the east-west corridor of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific meets the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific near the town of Seymour. Evidence of earlier infrastructure remains visible via the Old RR Gr south of Promise City. Local history researchers will find several family and community landmarks, including the Bollman Cem and Tharp Cem, which are preserved alongside a municipal City Reservoir and various service lines like the cross-country Pipeline.