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1986 Map of Wabash

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Wabash
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

Wabash River and Salamonie River drainage basins define the topography of this mid-1980s landscape across several Indiana counties. This era reveals a region balanced between its agricultural roots and expansive state-managed lands, featuring the massive Mississinewa Lake and the Salamonie River State Wildlife Management and Recreation Area. These reservoirs, managed alongside the Frances Slocum State Forest, transformed the local environment from traditional river valleys into major recreation hubs while preserving the surrounding timberlands.

Smaller settlements and rural junctions like Bippus, Tocsin, and Magley dot the grid of county roads, providing key reference points for genealogists tracing family locations outside the larger hubs of Huntington and North Manchester. The map also captures specialized terrain features like the Loblolly area and several historical burial sites, including Lancaster Cem, which serve as vital markers of the nineteenth-century settlement pattern that persists into the modern age.