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1962 Map of Argos

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Argos
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1994
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1994

About this map

The Tippecanoe River meanders across the southeastern corner of this northern Indiana landscape, where the Old Indian Treaty Boundary still marks the land divisions between Walnut and Richland townships. The town of Argos serves as the primary hub in the northwest, situated along the Nickel Plate Road. This survey, field-checked in the early 1960s and later updated, captures a rural transition as family farms and scattered schoolhouses defined the community structure between Marshall and Fulton counties.

Local history is preserved in the numerous burial grounds and spiritual centers dotting the grid of gravel and paved roads, including Maple Grove Cem, Hamlett Cem, and Walnut Ch. Near the river, the small settlement of Talma is anchored by the Township High Sch. The extensive network of drainage features like Hooker Ditch and Redinger Ditch illustrates the engineered effort required to manage the low-lying terrain for agriculture.