Loading map...

1916 Map of Winchester

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

USGS Topo · Published 1916

About this map

Winchester stands as a central rail and road hub at the heart of this East Central Indiana landscape, where the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis RR and the Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis RR intersect. The rural landscape is densely marked by nineteenth-century infrastructure, including the County Infirmary and a remarkable network of one-room district schools such as the McKinley School, Bickel School, and the uniquely named Sauer Kraut School.

Along the Indiana-Ohio boundary, Union City straddles the state line, served by the Indiana Union Traction Company. The drainage of the White River and Dismal Creek dictates the placement of smaller settlements like Harrisville and Spartanburg. For genealogists, the map preserves the exact locations of family-named landmarks like Snow Hill and Spring Hill, alongside numerous numbered schoolhouses that once anchored these farming townships before mid-century consolidation.