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2015 Map of Carmi

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Carmi
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Carmi sits at a prominent bend in the Little Wabash River, serving as a central hub for White County. The landscape is dotted with several family burial grounds and community memorial sites, including The Old Graveyard, the Newman Family Cem, and Dawn of Ages Memorial Park. This geography reveals a pattern of rural settlement and agricultural persistence, with outlying communities like Milan, Brownsville, and Bingman Station connected by a network of numbered rural roads and local routes such as E Main St and Oak St.

The river's influence on local movement is evidenced by specialized crossings such as Lowe Bridge and Possum Bridge. Smaller watercourses including Grindstone Cr, Flanders Cr, and Eaton Hill Br drain the surrounding fields and woodlands into the main river channel. Notable water bodies such as Griffith Farms Lake and Absher Lake further define the terrain between the central township and the western reaches toward Garden of Memories.