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1958 Map of Butler East

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Butler East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

The Principal Meridian Indiana Ohio serves as a stark divider across this landscape in the late 1950s, marking the border between DeKalb County, Indiana, and Williams and Defiance Counties in Ohio. The eastern edge of Butler serves as a primary hub, with the Butler Cem and a nearby Sewage Disposal plant situated on the town's periphery. Agricultural life is anchored by small, decentralized clusters like Stafford Center and Artic, while numerous family and community cemeteries such as Farnham Cem and Maple Grove Cem dot the rural sections.

Water management and drainage define much of the terrain, with the St Joseph River and Fish Creek winding through the eastern reaches alongside an extensive network of man-made cuts like Wabash Ditch and Bratton Ditch. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of local institutions like Big Run Ch and the Jerusalem Sch, illustrating the dispersed nature of education and worship in this tri-county borderland.