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1952 Map of Muncie West

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Muncie West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The western edge of Muncie and the surrounding townships of Harrison and Mount Pleasant are defined here by a dense network of education, industry, and rail. Ball State Teachers College stands as a primary institutional landmark, neighbored by the Memorial Hospital and St Marys Sch. The urban fabric is tightly woven with numerous neighborhood schools like Riley Sch and Harrison Sch, while the city's periphery shows the early expansion of neighborhoods near the Fairgrounds and Minnetrista Golf Course.

Transportation corridors dominate the landscape, with the Chesapeake and Ohio RR and New York Central RR converging near the city center. Outside the city limits, the terrain transitions into agricultural land dotted with rural anchors such as Antioch Ch and Tomlinson Cem. The course of the White River and Buck Creek provide the primary natural drainage, flanked by early industrial markers like the Quarry and the Filter Beds near Yorktown.