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1958 Map of La Paz

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

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Lapaz serves as the central hub of this northern Indiana landscape in the late 1950s, situated at the intersection of significant transportation corridors including the Blue Star Memorial Highway and the Baltimore and Ohio Road. The area exhibits a dense network of rural roads and family-named landmarks that define the local geography, such as Shively Road and Oliver Heckman Road. The rail infrastructure is particularly prominent, featuring Lapaz Junction where the Pennsylvania Railroad crosses the east-west lines.

Local social and community life is anchored by several rural institutions, including the Township High Sch, Pine Creek Ch, and Mt Zion Ch. Cultural details of the mid-century era are visible through the presence of a Drive-in Theater near Harris. The drainage patterns of the region are defined by Yellow Bank Creek and numerous agricultural ditches that crisscross the county line between St Joseph Co and Marshall Co.