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1961 Map of Servia

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Servia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1994
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1994

About this map

Servia and Bippus anchor this rural landscape along the boundary of Wabash and Huntington Counties. The terrain is defined by a dense network of local watercourses, including Pony Creek, Beargrass Creek, and Paw Paw Creek, which dictate the placement of early infrastructure. The map reveals a deeply settled agricultural community where family-named roads like Myers Road, Klutz Road, and Ulrey Road connect scattered homesteads to local centers of worship and remembrance.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of country churches and small burial grounds, such as Salem Ch, Silver Creek Ch, and the Fairview Cem. The presence of the Servia Landing Field and Shaffer Landing Field suggests a mid-century period where private aviation integrated with the traditional farming economy. This survey preserves the exact rural layout of Chester and Lagro townships before modern consolidation changed the local character.