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1961 Map of Alger

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Alger
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

The Erie Lackawanna railroad forms the industrial backbone of this Hardin County landscape, connecting the village of Alger with nearby McGuffey. This 1961 survey illustrates a region defined by extensive drainage engineering, where numerous ditches such as Cottonwood Ditch and Cooney Ditch have been cut to manage the low-lying terrain surrounding the Scioto River. The map reveals a dense network of family-linked landmarks and rural institutions, including Quickstep Ch and a series of neighborhood burial grounds like Carman Cem and Preston Cem.

The southern portion of the sheet highlights the headwaters of the Scioto River as it passes through the West Boundary Military District. This boundary line separates the structured township grids of Marion and Liberty from the more irregular land divisions to the south. Small settlements like Dunlap and Huntersville provide focal points for the surrounding agricultural community, while infrastructure such as the Waterworks and Sewage Disposal in McGuffey signal the modernization of these small Ohio towns during the early 1960s.