1960 Map of Mount Pleasant

About this map

Summit Lake Reservoir and Prairie Creek Reservoir dominate this eastern Indiana landscape, reflecting mid-century water management projects across the Delaware and Henry County line. The map captures a moment of transition where purple hatching indicates areas planned for submergence, fundamentally altering the local terrain around Prairie Run and the Blue River. Between these rising waters, the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad cuts a diagonal path through the countryside, serving small agrarian hubs like Mount Pleasant and Rogersville. A dense network of family-named cemeteries and rural institutions, such as Macedonia Cem and Harris Chapel, provides a detailed record of the long-standing community footprint in Monroe and Prairie townships. This 1960 survey, updated in the early 1980s, offers a clear view of the rural infrastructure before modern development further modified the drainage patterns of Buck Creek and the Big Blue River.