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1961 Map of Arcanum

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Arcanum
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The agricultural landscape of Butler, Twin, Monroe, and Harrison townships unfolds across this early 1960s survey. The village of Arcanum serves as a primary hub, centered at the junction of the New York Central railroad and a local waterworks, with Ivester Park providing a community landmark. A dense network of rural roads like Dull Road and Otterbein Ithaca Road connects smaller settlements and farming hamlets, including Castine, Gordon, and West Manchester.

Genealogical interest is found in the scattered rural burial grounds and places of worship, such as Beechgrove Cem, the Old Castine Cem, and the Twin Creek Ch. The drainage patterns of Millers Fork, Painter Creek, and Twin Creek influence the placement of early gravel operations and farms across the Darke and Preble County line. The map also captures the path of a significant pipeline and the Pennsylvania railroad line as they cut through the southwest corner near West Sonora.