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1978 Map of Dana

Name: 1978 Topographic Map of Dana
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The Newport Army Ammunition Plant dominates the northern landscape, a sprawling industrial footprint surrounded by a network of rural cemeteries and family-named landmarks. This late-1970s view reveals a transition from heavy industry to local heritage, featuring the Ernie Pyle Rest Park south of Dana. Along the eastern edge, the Wabash River serves as the boundary for Vermillion Co and Parke Co, where an Abandoned Canal runs parallel to the modern watercourse.

Transportation remains a central theme with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Louisville and Nashville Railroad intersecting near Hillsdale. Evidence of the region's extractive economy is visible in the numerous Claypits near Highland. For the local historian, the map preserves the locations of many small burial grounds such as Juliet Cem, Carmack Cem, and Wimsett Cem, which anchor the small settlements of Bono and Norton to the land.