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1962 Map of North Manchester North

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of North Manchester North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1994
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1994

About this map

North Manchester serves as a significant educational and civic anchor at the southern edge of this survey, where the grounds of Manchester College and Peabody Memorial Home are clearly defined. The landscape is heavily marked by early rural social structures, with numerous denominational sites such as Old German Ch and the West Eel River Ch scattered across the township boundaries of Clay, Jackson, and Chester.

Agricultural and drainage patterns dominate the northern territory, evidenced by the channelized paths of Nelson Ditch and Trimble Creek. For genealogists, the map is a dense record of local interments, from the Clemmers-Fishers Cem in the northeast to Swank Cem and Rose Hill Cem. The small rail-side settlement of Packerton stands in the north, while the winding course of the Eel River dictates the layout of the streets and parks in the primary township center.