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1961 Map of Shipshewana

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Shipshewana
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Shipshewana serves as the focal point of this Northern Indiana landscape, situated just south of the Indiana Toll Road in LaGrange County. The early 1960s terrain is defined by its glacial hydrology, with Shipshewana Lake featuring the United Brethren Camp and Beatys Beach along its eastern shore. Agricultural life is evidenced by a dense network of country schools and family cemeteries, including the Newberry-Van Buren Twp Sch, Pashan Sch, and Miller Cem.

Transport patterns show a transition from rail to road, as the New York Central Railroad Grade cuts east-west across the township of Newbury. To the north, the Pigeon River and Fawn River meander toward the Michigan border, passing the small settlement of Scott. This survey provides a precise record of the rural school districts and religious meeting grounds that anchored these farming communities before further consolidation.