Loading map...

2019 Map of Lowell

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Lowell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Lowell serves as the primary urban hub in this southern Lake County landscape, where the residential grids of the town meet the agricultural stretches and wetlands of Northwest Indiana. The area is defined by its water and drainage network, including the substantial Cedar Lake to the north and the smaller Lake Dalecarlia and Lake Bel-Aire to the east. These water bodies are connected by a system of man-made and natural channels such as McConnel Ditch and Cedar Cr.

Genealogists will find a high density of burial sites across the quadrangle, from the German Methodist Episcopal Cem in the north to the Lake Prairie Cem further west. Smaller rural settlements like Creston and Belshaw are clearly delineated alongside modern infrastructure like the Wietbrock Airport. The transition from the dense lakeside developments of Cedar Lake to the open expanses of Sutton's Field illustrates the varying land use patterns in the region during the late 2010s.