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Here's another old aerial for you! This is Brownstown in 1949! Some notable things you either might see, or might not se...
03/11/2026

Here's another old aerial for you! This is Brownstown in 1949! Some notable things you either might see, or might not see in this photo! ⬇️

1. The following did not exist yet in 1949, most of the areas for these were just farm fields back then: Jay-C Store, the current High School and Elementary School locations, Venus Acres, Lucas-Ackerman Addition, Wayman Addition, Lake Pyoca, Brownstown Electric Supply, & Brownstown Speedway.

2. The Brickyard, Kieffer Paper Mill, and Morgan Canning Company were in full force back then.

3. The Marion Kay Spices building is shown here, the same year that Marion K. (Bill) Summers moved the company to Brownstown. According to their website, the original vacant building was formerly the Thompson Sled Company, so that could be the building shown here before they started building on to expand the business of Marion K. Spices that is still in operation in Brownstown today!

4. The Courthouse lawn had significantly more trees back then!

A lot of changes shown here! These aerial photos we have here at the County Surveyor’s Office are 76 years apart! The Ci...
02/20/2026

A lot of changes shown here! These aerial photos we have here at the County Surveyor’s Office are 76 years apart! The City of Seymour has exploded with growth since then!

Here are some major things that are different on the 1949 aerial photo:

1. I-65, Community Drive, the current Seymour High School, Seymour Middle School, Wastewater Treatment Plant, and Schneck Medical Center all hadn’t been built yet.

2. You can still see the Stardust Drive-In towards the far east side.

3. The old Shields School is still shown next to the gym that is still standing.

4. Freeman Field was pretty empty of large buildings back then.

5. Sunset Parkway had just been developed and only had 7 houses in it. Crestview & Coventry Place hadn’t been built yet, even though they both surround Sunset Parkway today.

6. Leslie Lake hadn’t been built yet, but you can see County Road 275 N. still following the same path it does today.

How many cool differences can you find? These images will be uploaded separately in the comments section for you to save and zoom in and out of to inspect them throughly!

Here’s a fun fact for the day and a little Jackson County, IN history! Did you know that in 1878, the area of Jackson Co...
02/18/2026

Here’s a fun fact for the day and a little Jackson County, IN history! Did you know that in 1878, the area of Jackson County known today as Wegan was once named Euchretown? You can see it right here on this 1878 Jackson County map!

What other towns do you see on here that maybe you've never heard of? Or possibly heard of but never knew exactly where they were? You can view and download a high resolution copy of this 1878 map on our website at the link below and see what all you can find!

https://www.jacksoncounty.in.gov/government/departments_i-z/surveyor/historic_county_road_maps.php -1379

Tonight the Jackson County drainage board honored Fred Harrison for his retirement from the board. Thank you Fred for yo...
02/18/2025

Tonight the Jackson County drainage board honored Fred Harrison for his retirement from the board. Thank you Fred for your 17 years of wisdom and service to Jackson County!

Attention trappers! We are looking for additional trappers to help us in removing an over population of beavers that are...
11/18/2020

Attention trappers! We are looking for additional trappers to help us in removing an over population of beavers that are causing severe damage to our County legal drainage system. All locations must be approved and directed by the Jackson County Surveyors Office. The drainage board does pay a bounty per beaver. Contact our office for details.

11/01/2019

It's great to see County offices working together for the betterment of our County. Thanks to the Jackson County Sheriff Department for keeping me and my crew safe today! Setting section corner monuments in highways can be a very dangerous job.

Thanks to the good people of CountryMark, remodeling the Brownstown location, your FlexFuel ready Jackson County Survey ...
10/02/2019

Thanks to the good people of CountryMark, remodeling the Brownstown location, your FlexFuel ready Jackson County Survey truck is now burning E85.

10/02/2019

Good morning Jackson County!

07/09/2019

County officials are warning local residents about a misleading property deed document fee after several residents reported receiving letters.Recorder Amanda Lowery said her office has received multiple phone calls about a letter from an entity that calls itself Local Records Office offering residen...

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