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1958 Map of Springville

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Springville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Springville and Hesston anchor this La Porte County landscape in the late 1950s, a period defined by the convergence of traditional rural settlements and modern transportation infrastructure. The newly constructed Indiana Toll Road cuts a wide swath across the center of the sheet, intersecting the established paths of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad and the New York Central Railroad. This transportation network serves a region of diverse terrain, from the northern Crosby Marsh to the southern shores of Pine Lake and Fishrap Lake.

Genealogists will find several family and community landmarks, including Potter Chapel, Pine Lake Cemetery, and several smaller burial grounds such as Shippeeberg Cem and Rossburg Cem. The map also documents local industry and infrastructure, from the Fish Hatchery near the Galena River to the Radio Tower and Drive-in Theater in the southern township. These details illustrate the transition of a largely agricultural area into a more connected corridor between northern Indiana hubs.