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1994 Map of Adamsville

Name: 1994 Topographic Map of Adamsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1998
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1998

About this map

The Muskingum River dominates the western edge of this landscape, its banks lined with diverse land-use patterns from the Zanesville State Nursery to industrial zones like the Gravel Pit near Ellis Dam. Further east, the terrain shifts into a network of creek branches and agricultural valleys where the settlement of Adamsville serves as a local hub. The map reveals an area defined by natural resource extraction and conservation, with numerous Strip Mines and Gas Wells interspersed between large protected areas like the Tri-Valley State Wildlife Area and Powelson State Wildlife Area.

For genealogists and local historians, the sheet is exceptionally well-documented with family-named landmarks and rural institutions. Small country churches such as Bethesda Ch and Washington Ch are scattered across the townships of Madison and Washington. Family burials can be traced at sites including Stanley Cem, Beatty Cem, and Vernon Cem, providing a detailed record of the families who settled these hills before late-20th-century conservation and mining changed the face of the land.