2019 Map of Nappanee West

About this map

Nappanee and the nearby settlement of Locke anchor this northern Indiana landscape, where the agricultural legacy of Elkhart and Kosciusko counties is written in an intricate network of drainage systems. The terrain is defined by a sophisticated water management pattern, featuring family-named waterways like Sarah Hershberger Ditch, Walter Wisler Ditch, and George Hershberger Ditch. These ditches, alongside the Middle Fork Yellow River, show how the wet prairie soils were reclaimed for farming. Historically significant transit routes such as the Plymouth Goshen Trl cut across the grid of county roads, while Creighton Airport sits on the western edge of the survey. The map captures a moment of modern rural utility, where established town grids meet the persistent hydrography of the Baugo Cr and Armey Ditch systems.