1962 Map of Bluffton

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The Wabash River carves through the landscape of Wells County, anchoring the city of Bluffton as a regional center of industry and administration in the early 1960s. The urban grid is dense with civic infrastructure, including City Hall, the local Hospital, and several educational landmarks such as Market Street School and Columbian School. Outside the city center, the New York Chicago and St Louis Railroad cuts a diagonal path through the countryside, connecting smaller rural hubs like Wellsburg and Poneto.