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1960 Map of Tipton

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Tipton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

The street grid of Tipton serves as the focal point of this Central Indiana landscape at the start of the 1960s, showing a well-defined urban core anchored by the Courthouse and Armory. The city's growth is traced through its educational and civic institutions, from St Joseph Academy to the County Hospital and County Home. Surrounding the settlement, the New York Chicago and St Louis Railroad cuts a diagonal path through the countryside, facilitating the movement of goods in this agricultural region.

Beyond the city limits, the terrain is defined by a dense network of drainage and local history. The Old Indian Treaty Boundary persists as a notable diagonal line across the township structure, while numerous family and community burial grounds like Fairview Cemetery, Mauldentown Cem, and Goar Cem are scattered across the plains. These sites, along with rural landmarks like Rock Prairie Ch and the small settlement of Jacksons, provide a detailed record of mid-century rural Indiana life.