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1960 Map of New Castle East

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of New Castle East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

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The sprawling campus of the Indiana Village for Epileptics dominates the northwestern portion of this Henry County landscape, organized into distinct clusters like Colony No 1 and Colony No 2 near Van Nuys. This specialized institutional footprint is matched in the southwest by the urban expansion of New Castle, where a dense network of civic life is marked by the South Mound Cem, Baker Park, and the Riley Sch.

Transit and industry define the rural stretches between settlements, with three major rail lines—the Pennsylvania, New York Central, and New York Chicago and St Louis—intersecting the countryside. Small rural hubs like Ashland, Millville, and Mooreland serve as anchors for agricultural life, while family-named landmarks such as Pebble Grave and Batson Ch offer valuable points for genealogical research into the local history of Liberty and Blue River townships.