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1911 Map of Antrim

Name: 1911 Topographic Map of Antrim
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1911
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1911

About this map

Antrim and the surrounding townships in Guernsey and Harrison Counties are revealed here at the start of the 1910s, showing a landscape defined by an incredibly dense network of rural one-room schoolhouses and country churches. The southern portion of the map is anchored by the historic National Road, which passes through Elizabethtown and Middlebourne, while the Steubenville Road cuts through the center of Madison township. This era shows many dual-named settlements such as Winterset P.O. Winchester and Cadwallader P.O. Westchester, reflecting the evolution of local postal identities.

The terrain is a complex web of small drainages like Salt Fork and Brushy Fork, where small communities such as Birmingham, Odell, and Freeport grew along the banks. Notable for genealogists is the sheer volume of specifically named schools, from Ikey Ridge School to the Institute School, and remote houses of worship like Allen Chapel and McCoy Church, which served as the primary social anchors for this agrarian region before the widespread adoption of the automobile changed rural life.