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2013 Map of Young America

Name: 2013 Topographic Map of Young America
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2013
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2013

About this map

The unincorporated community of Young America serves as a central anchor for this northern Indiana landscape, where a sophisticated network of drainage ditches has long supported agricultural productivity. Named waterways like Mathias Young Ditch, Burchard Davison Ditch, and McKay Dredge Ditch illustrate the complex engineering required to manage the headwaters of Deer Cr and Little Deer Cr. These man-made channels often bear the names of early local landowners and families, providing a direct link for genealogists tracing ancestral property lines in this region.

Small settlements such as Poplar Grove, Kappa Corner, and Judson appear at rural intersections, while the Galveston Airport on the eastern edge marks a modern contrast to the traditional farmsteads. The rigid grid of county roads, including S Meridian Rd and Co Rd-1100, reflects the legacy of the Public Land Survey System, which organized the territory into neat parcels. This survey documents the intersection of legacy family-named landmarks with contemporary infrastructure just after the turn of the twenty-first century.