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1960 Map of Atwater

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Atwater
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

Rootstown and the surrounding townships of Edinburg, Randolph, and Atwater are shown here during a period of transition in the early 1960s. The landscape is a patchwork of agricultural fields and woodlots, structured by the original land lines of the Connecticut Western Reserve. Significant infrastructure including a Microwave Tower and several large pipelines cut across the rural terrain, illustrating the modernization of the region alongside the older rail corridors of the Pennsylvania RR.

Genealogists will find several burial grounds, such as Homeland Cem and Disciple Cem, while the industrial history of the county is evidenced by a label for an Old (Coal) Grade near Atwater. Small water bodies like Schultz Lake and Sandy Lake punctuate the drainage basins of Barrel Run and Deer Creek, while the settlement at New Milford reflects the historical importance of the railroad station to this Portage County community.