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1957 Map of Highland

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Highland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Highland serves as the focal point of this Madison County landscape, where the Conrail rail line and major thoroughfares like Lindenthal Ave and Broadway converge. The town's social fabric is visible through institutions like the High Sch and St Paul Sch, along with the central Lindenthal Park. To the south, the small settlement of St Morgan marks the rural expanse, while the surrounding townships of Saline, St. Jacob, and Helvetia are defined by an agricultural grid dotted with several family and community burial grounds, including Rietmann Cem and Hoyt Cem.

Water features shape the local topography, with Silver Creek and Sugar Creek meandering through the terrain. Numerous small impoundments like Lake Wanda, Ron Lake, and Sportsman Lake reflect mid-century land use and local recreation. In the western sections, the presence of an Oil Well points to the area's subterranean resources, providing a detailed look at the rural economy before later 20th-century developments.