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1953 Map of Leroy

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Leroy
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Leroy and Orchard Grove anchor this 1950s study of southern Lake County, where a highly organized network of artificial drainage channels like Wirtz Ditch, Griesel Ditch, and Singleton Ditch transformed the natural marshlands into productive agricultural fields. The Pennsylvania railroad cuts diagonally across the northeast corner, serving the station at Leroy and providing the primary transit link for this rural corridor.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant detail in the placement of numerous community landmarks, including the Riley Sch and Center Sch, alongside several rural burial grounds such as Southeast Grove Cem and Plum Grove Cem. The landscape is defined by the headwaters of Eagle Creek and the meandering path of Stony Run, showing a transition from the rolling terrain near the Pennsylvania line to the flat, reclaimed lowlands in the south near the Little Ditch.