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1939 Map of Clear Lake

Name: 1939 Topographic Map of Clear Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1939
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1939

About this map

Clear Lake dominates this 1938 survey of northeastern Indiana, where the borders of Ohio and Michigan meet. The map reveals a landscape of glacial lakes and marshy lowlands, including Mud Lake, Round Lake, and Lake Anne. These water bodies are surrounded by early developments like Paradise Pt and the Clear Lake Ch.

South of the lake, the terrain transitions into a grid of rural farmland defined by historical family names and local landmarks. Genealogists can locate several burial grounds, including Covenant Cem, Tester Cem, and Dygert Cem. The drainage of this often-soggy terrain is evidenced by the network of channels like Bruce Ryan Ditch and Gundrum Ditch, which feed into Fish Creek. Small crossroads settlements and transport markers, such as York, Courtney Corner, and the Stallman Bridge, ground the map in the pre-war agricultural life of Steuben County.