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1970 Map of Plainfield

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Plainfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

Plainfield and its surrounding townships define this landscape at a time of suburban growth and institutional presence in central Indiana. The map captures the significant footprint of the Indiana Boys School and the Indiana Youth Center west of the town center, contrasting with the agrarian sections of Liberty and Guilford townships. The National Road serves as the primary east-west artery, connecting the established communities of Belleville and Cartersburg to the urbanizing core of Plainfield.

Genealogists and local historians can trace the distribution of early education and religious life through sites like St Susanna Sch, Sugar Grove Ch, and several rural burial grounds including Spring Hill Cem and Gossett Cem. The southern edge of the survey transitions into Morgan Co, where smaller settlements like Joppa and Center Valley sit along the McCracken Creek drainage, illustrating the shift from the industrial and utility infrastructure near the Filtration Plant to the more dispersed rural homesteads and family cemeteries of the county line.