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1965 Map of Churubusco

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Churubusco
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The town of Churubusco serves as a central hub on this mid-century Indiana landscape, where the Pennsylvania railroad line cuts diagonally through the northeast. This 1965 revision details the rural intersection of Smith Township and Lake Township, revealing a transition from agricultural fields to water-defined borders. Historically significant sites near the Eel River include the La Balme Monument and Eel River Fort Monument, marking early territorial conflicts and local frontier heritage.

Local families and genealogists will find several burial grounds such as Jeffries Cem, Watterson Cem, and Wigant Cem distributed across the rolling terrain. Water features like Blue Lake in the northwest and Lake Everett in the south provided recreation and drainage for the surrounding farms. The Old Indian Treaty Boundary is still clearly delineated, cutting across the southern portion of the sheet near Solon.