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1961 Map of Cincinnati West

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Cincinnati West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

The rolling landscape of Hamilton County west of the city center is defined here by a dense network of suburban expansion and long-standing Catholic institutions. Large parcels of land are dedicated to the Arlington Memorial Gardens Cemetery and the extensive Mt Airy Forest, while the residential character of Mount Healthy and North College Hill shows the maturation of these communities during the mid-century. Significant social infrastructure is visible through numerous parochial landmarks like St Josephs Orphanage, St Anthony Monastery, and Sacred Heart Academy.

Industrial and transport corridors follow the natural valleys, notably where the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks parallel Mill Creek. The map also documents specialized healthcare facilities of the era, such as the Tremont Sanitarium and Dunham Hospital. These details reflect a period of intensive development between established urban neighborhoods and the developing residential tracts of Colerain Heights and Groesbeck.