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2019 Map of Acton

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Acton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Acton sits at the heart of this landscape where the suburban expansion of southeast Indianapolis meets the historic farming communities of Marion, Shelby, and Hancock counties. The map reveals a dense network of local heritage sites, particularly in its graveyard data, which includes the Mount Pleasant Methodist Church Cem and the New Palestine Cem. These sites, along with others like the Schildmeier Cem and Freeman Cem, provide critical touchpoints for genealogical research in an area once dominated by small family holdings.

Transportation corridors like Southeastern Ave and Brookville Rd cut diagonally across the terrain, linking older settlements like Pleasant View and London to the growing residential tracts of Charlesmae Village and Green Meadows. Drainage patterns are defined by numerous named waterways including Buck Creek, Sugar Creek, and Wildcat Run, illustrating the complex creek-and-ditch system that has historically managed the flat, fertile land of the region.