1962 Map of Bluffton

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The Wabash River serves as the geographic anchor for this part of Wells County, as seen in a survey based on early 1960s field data with updates from 1979. The city of Bluffton dominates the northern landscape, characterized by its dense grid of streets, City Hall, and several municipal parks including Jefferson Park and Wiley Park. South of the city, the land transition to a well-organized agricultural system defined by a network of numbered section roads and drainage features like Neff Ditch and Popejoy Ditch. Small, isolated settlements such as Wellsburg, Poneto, and Reiffsburg are scattered along these rural routes, often centered near community landmarks like Prairie Ch or Stahl Cem. The Norfolk and Western Railway cuts diagonally through the townships of Lancaster, Harrison, and Liberty, illustrating the rail-dependent transport patterns that connected these farming communities to the regional hub at Bluffton.