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1961 Map of Laud

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Laud
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Old Indian Treaty Boundary slices diagonally across the northern landscape of this agricultural region at the junction of Whitley and Huntington counties. Small rail-side hamlets like Peabody, Briggs, and Raber punctuate the route of the New York Chicago and St Louis railroad, which parallels Stony Creek through the center of the survey. The mapping reveals a highly organized township system where rural life revolves around landmarks like the Township Sch and several country houses of worship, including St Catherines Ch and Jefferson Chapel.

The terrain is defined by a dense network of watercourses, with Sugar Creek and Indian Creek draining the fertile fields between the small settlement of Laud and the southern border of Washington township. These details provide a clear picture of Indiana's rural infrastructure in the early 1960s, showing the precise locations of farmstead connections and historic property lines defined by the early treaty boundaries.