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1962 Map of St. John

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of St. John
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Schererville and St John anchor this 1962 topographical survey of northwest Indiana, showing a region undergoing significant suburban transformation. The landscape is a network of mid-century residential developments like Rolling Hill Estates and Lincoln Village, interspersed with institutional landmarks such as Hoosier Boys Town and the St Johns Seminary. A heavy concentration of industrial and transportation infrastructure is evident, with multiple major rail lines including the Erie Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, and New York Central crossing the terrain alongside numerous regional pipelines.

In the south, Cedar Lake and Hermit Lake provide focal points for recreation and settlement, bordered by the Cedar Lake Golf Club. The map reveals a high density of local history markers, from the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery to several smaller burial grounds like Schubert Cem. This document captures the era just as the traditional rural boundaries of Hanover and St John townships were being reshaped by the expanding corporate limits of Crown Point and Dyer.