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1986 Map of Ashtabula

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Ashtabula
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The industrial and natural landscape of the Ohio-Pennsylvania border is documented here in the mid-1980s, anchored by the port city of Ashtabula on Lake Erie. This survey provides a comprehensive view of the transportation corridors that defined the region's economy, including the routes of the Conrail, Norfolk And Western, and Bessemer And Lake Erie railroads. Moving inland from the lakefront, the map transitions into a network of agricultural townships and significant conservation areas such as Pymatuning State Park, which surrounds the massive Pymatuning Reservoir.

Genealogists and local historians will find value in the precise location of rural burial grounds like Kelloggsville Cem and Saybrook Cem. The map also captures the development of regional infrastructure, from the Ashtabula Hospital to the Ashtabula County Airport in Jefferson, alongside older settlement patterns in towns like Meadville, Conneaut, and Geneva. Numerous waterways, including the Grand River, French Creek, and Ashtabula River, further define the local topography.