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1960 Map of Bluffton

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Bluffton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

The Ottawa Indian Treaty Boundary cuts across the northwest corner of this landscape, a geometric reminder of early frontier negotiations amidst the modern agricultural grid of Allen and Putnam counties. The village of Bluffton anchors the southeast, centered around Bluffton College and the New York Chicago and St Louis RR. To the north, the town of Pandora sits along Riley Creek, which meanders through the township of Riley alongside the Akron Canton and Youngstown Railroad.

Rural life is marked by numerous country churches and family-named cemeteries, including the Mennonite Ch, Ebenezer Ch, and Hilty Cem. The industrial and utility infrastructure of the early 1960s is evident in features like the New York Pipeline, the Pandora Landing Field, and a municipal Waterworks. Local waterways such as Little Riley Creek and Dutch Run define the drainage patterns of this productive farming region.