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1943 Map of Vevay North

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Vevay North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

High ridges and deep creek bottoms define this portion of Switzerland County just before the mid-century. The Ohio River forms the southern boundary, where Indiana Island sits offshore from the riverfront settlement of Vevay. Inland, the landscape is a network of elevated roads and farmsteads following landforms like Popcorn Ridge, Parks Ridge, and Smith Ridge.

Rural community life is anchored by a dense distribution of one-room schoolhouses and country churches. Local families once gathered at Salem Ch and Fredonia Ch, while children attended small local institutions such as Mt Hope Sch and Drewry Sch. The mapping by G. F. Westinghouse reveals a transition from the agricultural plateaus around Fairview and Center Square down to the rugged drainage basins of Indian Creek and Plum Creek.