Middlebury serves as the focal point of this northern Indiana landscape, where the town's grid expands along the Little Elkhart River. The surrounding terrain is defined by a dense network of drainage systems and natural water bodies, including Stone Lake, Brokesha Lake, and Hunter Lake to the north and east. The agricultural and rural character of the region is punctuated by several historic burial sites such as Grace Lawn Cem and the New Pennsylvania Cem, reflecting generations of local settlement near the Elkhart-Lagrange county line. North of the river, the small community of Vistula sits just below the transit corridor of the 80 90 toll road. The map reveals an intricate hydraulic landscape of named ditches like the Rowe-Eden Ditch and Mather Ditch, which have long been essential for managing the low-lying acreage between the various glacial lakes.
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1914 · Three Rivers
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1916 · Three Rivers
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · Three Rivers
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1948 · Vandalia
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1949 · Vandalia
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Fort Wayne
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Fort Wayne
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1959 · Topeka
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1959 · Millersburg
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1959 · Goshen
USGS Topo · 1:24,000