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1956 Map of Muncie

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Muncie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Muncie and the surrounding industrial corridor of eastern Indiana and western Ohio appear here during a period of significant post-war connectivity. The landscape is defined by an incredibly dense network of competing rail lines, including the Pennsylvania RR, New York Central RR, and the Chesapeake & Ohio RR, which linked manufacturing hubs like Anderson, Marion, and Lima. This 1950s survey captures the region just before the interstate highway system transformed these traditional transit corridors.

Water management and recreation are central to the terrain, anchored by the massive Lake Saint Marys (Grand Lake Reservoir) and Loramie Reservoir in Ohio. Conservation efforts of the era are visible in the Salamonie River State Forest and Frances Slocum State Forest, preserved areas that contrast with the organized grid of farmland and the growing suburban footprints of cities like Greenville and Piqua. Traceable details include numerous rural cemeteries and the complex drainage of the Wabash River and White River headwaters.