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2010 Map of Big Plain

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Big Plain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Deer Creek carves a winding path through this corner of Madison County, anchoring a landscape defined by organized agricultural drainage and small rural settlements. Small hamlets like Big Plain, Kiousville, and Antioch dot the road network, which follows a rigid grid interrupted only by the diagonal course of Big Plain Circleville Rd. The drainage systems here are extensive, with numerous named waterways such as McGuire Gilliland Ditch, Van Cleve Ditch, and Childers Ditch feeding into the larger creek systems like Bradford Creek.

Genealogists will find a wealth of family-named burial sites across the township, including Timmons Cemetery, Graham Cemetery, and Jackson Cemetery. In the northwestern corner, Madison Lake serves as a primary geographic landmark. The map documents the early 21st-century state of these central Ohio farming communities before significant suburban expansion, preserving the locations of rural school sites and historic road alignments like Kiousville Palestine Rd.