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1961 Map of New Point

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of New Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

New Point serves as the central hub of this Indiana landscape, situated where the New York Central railroad bisects the countryside. The rail corridor connects smaller rural nodes like Rossburg and Smiths Crossing, while a network of regional roads links surrounding agricultural communities such as St Maurice, Enochsburg, and New Pennington. The terrain is defined by the dendritic drainage patterns of Salt Creek and the Vernon Fork of the Muscatatuck River, which cut through the level farmland.

Local industry and community life are evident in the scatter of Quarries and Gas Well sites near Mechanicsburg. Genealogists will find significant detail in the placement of the Zion Ch, Maple Cem, and Ross Cem, which anchor the smaller crossroads. This era shows the early development of the interstate corridor just north of the rail line, marking a shift in the local transportation network as it moved away from the steam-age rail foundations.