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2016 Map of Big Plain

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Big Plain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Deer Creek meanders through the heart of this Madison County landscape, dictating the placement of early settlements and agricultural boundaries. The small village of Big Plain serves as a central point, anchored by the Big Plain Cem and connected by historic corridors like the Big Plain Circleville Rd. The area is characterized by an extensive network of drainage ditches, such as McGuire Ditch and Chrisman Ditch, which converted the natural marshlands into productive farmland.

Local genealogy and township history are preserved in several family and community burial grounds, including the Timmons Cem near Turkey Run and the Graham Cem situated south of Kiousville. In the northwest corner, Madison Lake provides a distinct geographical contrast to the surrounding fields. Smaller named locales like Antioch, McKendree, and Chrisman further illustrate the distribution of 19th and 20th-century rural communities across this central Ohio plain.