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1903 Map of Canton

Name: 1903 Topographic Map of Canton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

Canton serves as the industrial and transit hub of Stark County in this turn-of-the-century survey, shown as a dense grid of streets including Market Street and Tuscarawas Street. The city is a major junction for the Pennsylvania System and the Wheeling and Lake Erie R. R., highlighting the era's reliance on heavy rail to connect the various branches of the Nimishillen Creek. Outside the city center, the landscape is dotted with smaller agrarian settlements and specialized sites such as the Infirmary and Westlawn Cem.

To the north, the terrain transitions into a region of glacial lakes and small villages. Places like New Berlin and Hartville are linked by the Cleveland Akron and Columbus R. R., while Congress Lake and Meyers Lake stand out as prominent natural landmarks. This map preserves names that would later change or be absorbed by suburban expansion, such as Osnaburg and the various rural hamlets across the Stark and Summit county lines.