The corners may have been disturbed or destroyed and thats where the county Six inch concreteīlocks with brass pins imbedded mark each section corner. Thus properties east of the line would be designated as located in an east range,Īnd those west in a west range number.
Each range is broken down into 36 sections, each one square Each state has its own.įrom this Second Prime Meridian base line emanate the range boundaries, consisting of six- mile wide squares. The lines have no connection with the world longitude and latitude lines andĪpply only to Indiana. A first Prime Meridian runs east and west and passes through the southern portion of The line, shown on most maps, was arbitrarilyĮstablished in the state when Indiana still was called the Northwest Territory. The Meridian is about two miles east of New Carlisle and is generally along the same Prime Meridian, a true north and south line that passes through St. Joseph County and IndianĮvery survey measurement is based upon the original starting point, known as the Second This the IndiansĬalled Terre Coupe, meaning "shaking or quivering ground."By John Asher White, New Carlisle Historian member of the St. Land about three-fourths of a mile wide always remained clear of timber. Many years ago the land was covered by a heavy growth of timber, but a narrow belt of New Carlisle is situated on the last of these
The valley of the old river wasįrom eight to twelve miles wide and as century followed century, it became smaller and South of that point, where it eventually covered by muck. Washed the moraine entirely away and deposited its gravel and clay on the marsh land Mingled its waters with the Kankakee River. The hills in the vicinity of the proving grounds and thereby found a way south until it The water rose higher and higher until it finally ran over Michigan through what is now Terre Coupe prairie until stopped by the high hills in theĮastern part Warren Township. There is evidence that one of the mighty rivers from this source ran east from Lake Hill which held back the waters of the slowly melting glaciers. The Valparaiso Moraine was undoubtedly the ridge of a high Middle of the Studebaker Providing Grounds on State Route 2, some two miles south and one
Runs a little north of east through the township until it abruptly ends at about the The middle section of Olive Township is crossed by the Valparaiso Moraine.
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