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2016 Map of Valparaiso

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Valparaiso
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Valparaiso serves as the focal point of this Porter County landscape, showing the city's modern layout and its relationship to the surrounding prairie and woodlands. The extensive grounds of Valparaiso Univ are clearly delineated, as is the Porter County Regional Airport to the southeast. Residential pockets such as Lincoln Hills, Westhill, and Crestview show the suburban expansion around the city core, while the southern half of the map retains a more rural, agricultural character defined by the rectangular grid of county roads and numerous drainage projects like Block Ditch, Cobb Ditch, and Ahlgrim Ditch.

Genealogists will find a wealth of burial records across this area, from larger urban sites like Graceland Cem and Maplewood Cem to smaller family or rural grounds including Fleming Cem, Stoner Cem, and Adam Cem. The natural geography is marked by several bodies of water, including Bulls Eye Lake and Sagers Lake, while the unincorporated community of Malden sits at the southern edge near the Porter-LaPorte line.