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1960 Map of Bellefontaine

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Bellefontaine
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The county seat of Bellefontaine serves as the focal point of this Logan County landscape, where the Penn Central rail lines converge near the Courthouse and Library. The urban core is surrounded by an intricate network of rural settlements and small-scale agriculture, marked by several historic family and community burial grounds such as Parish Cem, Miller Cem, and Tanger Cem. To the south, the village of West Liberty sits near the banks of the Mad River, while Springhills and Wortman dot the western reaches.

Infrastructure and social institutions are well-documented, from the Childrens Home and Tangers Airport north of town to the Bellefontaine Country Club and its Golf Course to the east. The terrain is defined by glacial features and waterways including McKees Creek and Bokengehalas Creek, alongside a series of small lakes like Ruby Lake and Newell Lake. Geologic interest is found along the Sink Hole Road, where a prominent Sink Hole is noted amidst the gravel operations and rolling farmstead boundaries.