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1953 Map of Cincinnati

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Cincinnati
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Ohio River corridor serves as the primary artery for this mid-1970s look at the Tri-State area, where the borders of Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky converge at the major urban centers of Cincinnati, Covington, and Newport. This survey, revised during the peak of the interstate era, shows the established network of Interstate 75, Interstate 71, and Interstate 74 facilitating movement between industrial hubs like Dayton, Middletown, and Hamilton.

Inland, the landscape is defined by the Whitewater Valley and the Miami Valley, where smaller communities like Oxford and Connersville sit amid a dense grid of regional rail lines, including the Penn Central and Norfolk and Western. Large-scale land use is evident at Fort Benjamin Harrison and the Jefferson Proving Ground, while recreational sites such as Geist Reservoir and Williamstown Lake mark the growing suburban and rural demand for water management and leisure space.