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1916 Map of Winchester

Name: 1916 Topographic Map of Winchester
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Winchester and Union City anchor this 1916 survey of eastern Indiana and western Ohio, depicting a landscape defined by an intensive network of steam and electric railways. The Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis RR and the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis RR cross at the heart of the region, while the Traction Company and Dayton and Muncie Electric RR highlight the height of the interurban era. These transit lines link smaller hubs like Saratoga, Harrisville, and Lynn.

Rural social structures are remarkably detailed, showing the location of the County Infirmary and numerous family-named district schools including McKinley School, Beech Grove School, and Flory School. The terrain is drained by the White River and Mississinewa River, with the Indiana Ohio Boundary Line cutting through several split communities. This document is a vital resource for tracing early 20th-century family homesteads and the vanished infrastructure of the electric rail lines.