2016 Map of Acton

About this map

Acton and New Palestine anchor this survey of the southeastern edges of Marion County and its neighbors, Hancock and Shelby. The landscape is defined by the drainage basins of Buck Creek and Sugar Creek, where a dense network of suburban developments like Belle Arbor and Indian Creek Estates meets older rural settlements. The map is particularly valuable for its record of family-named cemeteries and early landmarks, such as the Buck Creek Christian Cem and Schildmeier Cem, which sit among modern residential expansions. Transportation is dominated by the diagonal corridor of Southeastern Ave and Interstate 74, which bisect the grid of county roads. These transit lines link smaller communities such as Brookfield and Pleasant View, showing the transition from agricultural fields to the growing residential footprint of the Indianapolis metropolitan area in the mid-2010s.