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1961 Map of Chillicothe

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Chillicothe
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Chillicothe serves as the focal point of this 1961 survey, situated at the confluence where Paint Creek meets the Scioto River. The city’s urban grid is dense with institutional history, from the Chillicothe Correctional Institute and Sky Park Airport in the north to the Courthouse and numerous neighborhood schools like Flaget Sch and Tiffin Sch. The 1985 photorevisions highlight the evolving infrastructure, including the Sewage Disposal plant and expanded residential areas near Grandview Cem.

Outside the city, the landscape rises toward Mount Logan and Mount Eyes, protected within the Great Seal State Park. To the south, smaller communities and family-named landmarks such as Massieville, Hamilton Cem, and Deadman Crossing line the rail corridors of the Norfolk and Western and Baltimore and Ohio railroads. The map captures a moment when the river-and-rail economy still shaped the development of southern Ohio, evident in the industrial Gravel Pit sites and the Gaging Station on the Scioto.