Kingsford Heights serves as the primary population center in this northern Indiana landscape, defined by a meticulously planned residential grid featuring streets like Meadowbrook Blvd and Evanston Rd. The surrounding countryside illustrates a highly engineered agricultural environment where numerous man-made waterways, such as Porter Ditch and Maurey Ditch, drain the low-lying terrain to support farming. Small rural clusters like Tracy, Union Center, and South Center dot the landscape northeast of the main town, marking traditional crossroads. To the south, the natural meander of the Kankakee River creates a distinct boundary between LaPorte and Starke counties. This area is characterized by the transition from the structured streetscapes of the heights to the complex drainage networks of the Kankakee basin, including named features like the Cusher Arm and Shearin Ditch that feed into the larger river system.
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1953 · Chicago
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Chicago
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1957 · Knox East
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1957 · Knox West
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1958 · Hanna
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1958 · Kingsford Heights
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1958 · Hamlet
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1958 · Stillwell
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1958 · La Porte East
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1959 · English Lake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000