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2016 Map of San Pierre

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of San Pierre
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

The Kankakee River winds through the northern portion of this landscape, defining a region where intricate drainage engineering has reshaped the natural terrain. The map documents an extensive network of waterways, including Prochaska Ditch, Luken Ditch, and Hinshaw Ditch, which crisscross the agricultural plains of Jasper, Starke, and Pulaski counties. These features illustrate the historical efforts to reclaim wetlands for cultivation, a defining characteristic of this Indiana region.

Settlement patterns are centered around small communities like San Pierre, which serves as a local hub near All Saints Cem. Further west and south, the locations of Tefft, Radioville, and Dunns Bridge provide key landmarks for genealogists and local historians tracking family roots in these rural townships. The map's detail preserves the grid of county roads and individual property boundaries that have organized this landscape since the early nineteenth-century land surveys.