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1915 Map of Bellefontaine

Name: 1915 Topographic Map of Bellefontaine
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1915
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1915

About this map

Indian Lake dominates the northern reaches of this West Central Ohio landscape, its waters dotted with Orchard Island, Wolf Island, and Lake Ridge Island during a time of significant transition for Logan County. In the east, the seat of Bellefontaine serves as a major transportation hub where the Cincinnati and Sandusky Line intersects with other vital rail corridors. The rural townships of Bloomfield, Harrison, and Union are defined by a dense network of numbered school districts and family-named landmarks like the McKee Creek School.

Social infrastructure is prominently recorded through the inclusion of the County Infirmary and the Childrens Home south of the city. For genealogists and researchers, the map provides precise locations for vanished post offices like Richland New Richland PO and small settlements such as Logansville and Bloom Center, while also tracing the routes of the Ohio Electric interurban line as it threads toward Huntsville.