The survey — Section 25, Township 38 North, Range 2 East

The town point lies in Section 25, Township 38 North, Range 2 East, Second Principal Meridian. The derivation, stated so it can be re-run: Indiana's baseline stands at 38°28′20″ N and its meridian at 86°27′21″ W; the township tiers run six miles to the tier. From the baseline to the town point is 223.83 miles north — 37.31 tiers, so Township 38 North, with the point 1.83 miles north of the tier's south line, in its second section-row from the south. From the meridian to the point is 11.52 miles east — Range 2 East, with the point 5.52 miles east of the range's west line, in its easternmost section column. Second row from the south, easternmost column: Section 25. The derivation carries its calibrations on its face: run on Roseland's gazetteer point it reproduces Section 23, T38N R2E exactly, and run on North Liberty's it reproduces that town's dedication-proven Section 29, T36N R1E exactly. A robustness note is printed so the verification pass can weigh it: the section-row boundary in question is the two-mile line within the township, and the point sits south of it under both the frame conversion (by 0.17 miles) and a precise meridional-arc computation (by 0.32 miles) — Section 25 under both methods, unlike its neighbour Roseland, whose reading is a boundary case the calibration governs. A corroborating pointer stands in the published research: a Juday Creek reach just east of the town is located in "Township 38N R3E, section 30" — the westernmost section of the next range east, exactly the adjacency the derivation predicts for ground just east of Section 25.