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1960 Map of New Castle East

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of New Castle East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

The Indiana Village for Epileptics occupies a significant portion of this landscape, its sprawling campus organized into numbered clusters such as Colony No 1 and Colony No 2 northwest of the New Castle city limits. This institution, established in the early 20th century, defines the local geography alongside the Blue River and several specialized drainage routes like Messick Ditch. Further east, the rural character of Henry County is punctuated by small crossroads and rail stops, including Millville, Ashland, and the town of Mooreland in the northern section.

Transportation networks are well-defined, showing the paths of the Pennsylvania Road and the Central Indiana Road intersecting the region. For genealogists, the map provides precise locations for local landmarks such as South Mound Cem and Batson Ch. From the gridded streets of the New Castle residential core to the isolated Ashland Sch, this survey records the vital social infrastructure of eastern Indiana during the mid-century era.