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1906 Map of Dayton

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of Dayton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

About this map

Miami and Erie Canal remnants and an extensive network of electric interurban lines define the transportation landscape north of Dayton at the start of the twentieth century. This survey documents a critical period before the major flood control projects of the Miami Conservancy District, showing towns like Osborn in their original locations. The convergence of the Miami River, Stillwater River, and Mad River forms the geographic core, while the historic National Road cuts a straight path east-west through Brandt.

Rural life is marked by numerous small settlements and post offices, such as Ginghamsburg, Phoneton, and Sulphur Grove, many of which were linked by the Dayton and Troy Electric RR or the Dayton and Springfield Electric RR. Researchers can trace the early industrial footprint of the region through the dense clustering of the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis RR and the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton RR corridors near Tippecanoe City and the Dayton city limits.