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1960 Map of Bloomville

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Bloomville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1992

About this map

Bloomville and the surrounding Seneca County countryside appear in this survey as a landscape defined by traditional agricultural boundaries and a dual-railroad economy. The town of Republic anchors the northern edge, while the village of Melmore sits to the southwest along the winding course of Honey Creek. This era captures the transition of the local rail lines, with both the Baltimore and Ohio and the Penn Central railroads cutting through the township grids of Clinton, Scipio, Eden, and Bloom.

Genealogical interest is particularly high here, as the map preserves the locations of several rural burial grounds, including Dunkard Cem, Rock Creek Cem, and Woodlawn Cem. Small rural nodes like Rockaway and Swander provide essential reference points for tracing vanished family homesteads. The presence of a local Quarry and the Aichholz Ditch drainage system highlights the historical land use and industry that shaped the eastern Ohio plains.