1961 Map of Wyatt

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Wyatt and Woodland serve as the primary hubs in this part of St. Joseph County, anchoring a landscape defined by small-town life and precise agricultural drainage. The area north of Centre shows the mid-century suburban expansion of South Bend through several residential tracts like Crest Manor Addition and Hi-View Addition. In contrast, the southern townships of Madison and Union remain deeply rural, characterized by a dense network of drainage canals such as Wyatt Ditch and Bunch Ditch (East Branch) that transformed the wet prairie into productive farmland.