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2019 Map of Christiansburg

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Christiansburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Christiansburg sits at the eastern edge of Miami County, serving as a focal point for the surrounding agricultural landscape where the borders of Champaign and Clark Counties meet. This rural region is defined by a systematic grid of township and range lines, such as t2e r11n, and a network of county roads including E State Rte 55 and Co Hwy 26. The map reveals a dense concentration of historical burial grounds, such as Huddleston-Sills Cem, Upper Honey Creek Cem, and Sodom Cem, which suggest a long-established community of farmsteads and small crossroads settlements like Alcony and Haven View.

Drainage and water management are critical to this terrain, evidenced by the many tributaries and man-made improvements. Waterways like Little Lost Cr, Indian Cr, and the McNeal Ditch channel water through the fields, illustrating the evolution of local land use from natural prairie and woodland into a productive agricultural engine. The placement of schools and cemeteries along these routes provides a clear layout of 19th and 20th-century social geography for researchers and genealogists.