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1960 Map of Addison

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Addison
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

Industrial and rural landscapes converge along the Ohio River in this 1960 survey of Gallia County. The eastern edge of the map reveals a heavy industrial corridor where a massive Power Plant sits near the riverbank, serviced by the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad and a network of tailings ponds. Just inland, the terrain is defined by extensive Strip Mines that cut across Poplar Ridge and the hills above Stingy Run.

Away from the river, the map documents a dense network of family-named landmarks and country crossroads. Small settlements like Kyger and Addison are centers of community life, supported by the Kyger Creek High Sch and several remote houses of worship including Morgan Center Ch and Wesley Chapel. Numerous small burial grounds, such as Halthill Cem and Rife Cem, are scattered across the ridges, providing essential data points for local genealogists tracing nineteenth-century landholdings.