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1958 Map of Kirkpatrick

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Kirkpatrick
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The Chicago and St Louis railroad cuts diagonally across this landscape, serving the settlement of Kirkpatrick near the junction of Lauramie and Madison townships. The map documents an intensely managed agricultural environment in the late 1950s, characterized by extensive drainage projects like the Armentrout Dredge Ditch, Stock Farm Ditch, and Fraley Ditch. These man-made channels support the fertile prairie soil around the Purdue University Experimental Farm in the north.

Local history and genealogy are well-preserved through family-named landmarks and rural institutions. Several burial grounds, including Gray Cem, Peterson Cem, and Rice Cem, are scattered across the terrain. Spiritual and social life is anchored by the Potato Creek Ch, situated near the winding course of Little Potato Creek. To the south, the terrain becomes more defined by the natural drainage of Lye Creek and the larger Sugar Creek.