1961 Map of Middlebury

About this map

Middlebury serves as the focal point of this northern Indiana landscape, situated where the Little Elkhart River winds through agricultural townships. In the early 1960s, the newly constructed Indiana East-West Toll Road cut across the northern section of the map near Vistula, signaling a shift in regional transportation. The area is dense with family-named landmarks and local institutions, including the Middlebury Township School and several rural burial grounds like Grace Lawn Cemetery and Bontrager Cemetery. Numerous glacial lakes, such as Stone Lake, Hunter Lake, and East Lake, dot the northeastern corner, often accompanied by local gathering places like the Stone Lake Community Church. The presence of the New York Central railroad line and various Gravel Pits reflects the local industrial activity and transport network that sustained these communities between York and Newbury townships.