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1969 Map of La Porte West

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of La Porte West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

The glacial landscape west of La Porte is defined by a dense network of kettle lakes and wetlands, including the ecologically significant Pinhook Bog and clusters of water bodies like Swede Lake and Stone Lake. By the late 1960s, the region's transport infrastructure was a complex layering of old and new, where the Indiana East-West Toll Road bypassed established rail lines such as the Penn Central and Norfolk and Western.

Small agricultural settlements and institutional landmarks anchor the rural portions of the quadrangle. Door Village and Pinhook serve as local centers, while specialized sites like the La Porte County Home and the La Porte Fair Grounds reflect the county’s social history. Genealogists can find several burial grounds across the townships, including Pinhook Cem and Clinton Chapel Cem, situated among the woodlots and drainage ditches of Clinton and New Durham.