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2019 Map of Russiaville

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Russiaville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Russiaville serves as the primary population center on this Indiana landscape, situated where the Honey Creek drainage meets the town's grid. The area is defined by a dense network of county roads that navigate a fertile agricultural plane divided between Howard and Clinton counties. Small, historic clusters like Shanghai, New London, and Ridgeway punctuate the rural stretches, reflecting the traditional settlement patterns of the region.

Water management is central to the landscape, with numerous engineered waterways such as McDowell Ditch, Burchard Davison Ditch, and Stump Ditch feeding into larger natural systems like Wildcat Creek and the Walnut Fork. For genealogists, the map is particularly valuable for its documentation of numerous burial sites, including the Old Prophet Cem, Petes Run Cem, and Barnett Cem, which remain as legacy markers of the area's early families and pioneer history.