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1963 Map of Richvalley

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Richvalley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The Wabash River and the Eel River frame a landscape of organized agriculture and riverfront settlements in the early 1960s. The village of Richvalley serves as a primary hub, situated where the Wabash Railroad runs parallel to the water through Noble and Erie townships. This river-and-rail corridor supported small communities like Gilbert and Asher, while the surrounding tableland is crisscrossed by a grid of family-named roads, including Flora Road and Higley Road.

Genealogists will find significant local landmarks, most notably the Francis Godfroy Cem, along with the Center Chapel and several smaller burial grounds such as Wallace Cem and Huff Cem. The drainage of the till plain is meticulously detailed through a system of man-made and natural waterways like Paw Paw Ditch and Bachelor Creek, illustrating the extensive 20th-century efforts to manage the fertile Indiana bottomlands for production.