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1962 Map of Rutland

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Rutland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

The border of Marshall and Fulton Counties forms the backbone of this northern Indiana landscape, where small rural communities like Rutland and Richland Center anchor a patchwork of agricultural townships. The terrain is marked by an extensive network of drainage infrastructure, including the B F Overmyer Ditch and Eddy Ditch, which were essential for managing the moist lowlands surrounding water bodies like Eddy Lake, Zink Lake, and Anderson Lake.

A significant historical marker, the Old Indian Treaty Bdy, cuts diagonally across the center, preserving the memory of nineteenth-century land agreements in the modern grid of Union and Green townships. The map documents a dense distribution of local institutions, from the Township School in Richland Center to several country churches, including Poplar Grove Ch, Gilead Ch, and Santa Anna Ch, reflecting the close-knit social fabric of this farming region during the mid-twentieth century.