1959 Map of New Salem

About this map

New Salem serves as a central hub in this late 1950s rural landscape, where the agriculture of Noble and Richland townships is organized around the Baltimore and Ohio railroad line. The map captures a high density of genealogical landmarks, including a variety of family and congregational burial sites such as Alger Cem, Gregg Cem, and the Old Brick Cem. A significant historical demarcation, the Indian Treaty Boundary, cuts through the southeast corner of the map, separating the surveyed lands of Posey township from the adjacent territory. The terrain transitions from the relatively level fields near Farmington and Glenwood to the more dissected topography of Orange Ridge. Waterways like the Little Flatrock River and Sanes Creek dictate the local drainage patterns, while scattered rural institutions like Little Flatrock Ch and Old Friends Ch anchor the dispersed farmstead communities of the era.