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1961 Map of Alamo

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Alamo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Sugar Creek carves a deep, winding path through this West Central Indiana landscape, anchoring the preserved wilderness of Shades State Park. Along its banks, landmarks like the Covered Bridge at Deer Mill and the geological formation known as Devils Backbone illustrate the area's transition from early industrial milling to twentieth-century recreation. The rural character of the uplands is defined by small settlements such as Alamo and Byron, connected by roads like Lutheran Church Road and Schoolhouse Road.

In the south, the Pennsylvania railroad line passes through Waveland, providing a vital link for the agricultural economy. For genealogists and local historians, the sheet is dense with family-named landmarks and community institutions, including Stonebraker Cem, Maple Ridge Cem, and Liberty Sch. This 1961 revision, based on earlier surveys by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Indiana Department of Conservation, captures a landscape of small townships like Union and Jackson as they appeared before modern development.