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1958 Map of Kingsford Heights

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Kingsford Heights
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

The Kingsbury Ordnance Plant and the planned community of Kingsford Heights dominate this mid-century landscape in LaPorte and Starke counties. Established during the war years, the ordnance plant and its adjacent U S Military Reservation sit just north of the grid-patterned residential streets of Kingsford Heights. The map captures an area defined by industrial military infrastructure integrated with a traditional rural framework of small farming hamlets and family-named roads like Porter Road and Maurey Road.

Beyond the military grounds, the land transitions to the drainage systems of the Kankakee River and Mill Creek. Rural life is centered around local institutions such as the Township High Sch and the Immanuel Ch in Tracy. The rail network, featuring the Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania lines, provides a structural backbone for the region's shipping and transport, connecting settlements like Union Center and South Center to the broader industrial corridor of Northern Indiana.