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1959 Map of Miami

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Miami
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1994
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1994

About this map

The rural borderlands between Miami and Howard Counties are defined by an intricate network of engineered drainage ditches feeding into Deer Creek and its South Fork. This landscape, surveyed in the late 1950s, reveals a highly organized agricultural grid where early settlements like Miami and Bennetts Switch grew along the Pennsylvania Railroad. To the south, the northern reaches of Kokomo begin to appear, anchored by the expansive Kokomo Municipal Airport and residential developments near Bon Air Park.

Genealogists and local historians will find a wealth of family and community landmarks, including numerous small burial grounds such as Climer, Chitick, and Hershberger cemeteries. The cultural fabric of the era is preserved through rural institutions like Rich Valley Ch, Kokomo Zion Ch, and several facilities labeled Township Sch. The map also traces historic thoroughfares like the Dixie Highway and Strawtown Pike, which served as vital connectors for the surrounding farming townships.