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1953 Map of Acton

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Acton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

The southeastern outskirts of the Indianapolis metropolitan area are shown here as a patchwork of productive farmland and small rail-centered villages in the early 1950s. Acton and Brookfield sit along the New York Central line, while New Palestine anchors the northern reach along the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The landscape is deeply carved by the drainage of Sugar Creek and Buck Creek, where numerous family-named landmarks and pioneer burying grounds reflect the area's 19th-century settlement roots.

Local history researchers will find a high concentration of cemeteries, including the Schildmeier, Cunningham, and Old Sugar Creek cemeteries, which often mark the earliest church sites such as Sugar Creek Ch and Buck Creek Chapel. Rural education is still represented by the Zion and Township schools, illustrating the community structure before mid-century consolidation. Small residential developments like Charlemac Village suggest the early stages of suburban expansion into the surrounding agricultural townships.