1909 Map of Antrim

About this map

Guernsey County and its neighbors in Harrison and Tuscarawas counties are defined by a complex network of ridgelines and stream valleys in this 1909 study. Small agricultural settlements such as Antrim, Londonderry, and Milnersville serve as central nodes for the surrounding rural townships of Madison, Oxford, and Freeport. The landscape is densely punctuated by civic landmarks essential to early 20th-century life, including local schools like Moccasin School, North Union School, and Grapevine School. Religious and community gatherings are centered around sites such as Allen Chapel and Pleasant Hill Church. The drainage pattern is led by the Stillwater and Salt Fork systems, which carved the deep hollows that dictated the placement of roads and farmsteads. This map reveals the intricate social and topographic grain of the region before the consolidation of rural schools and the modernization of the local road network.