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1925 Map of East Columbus

Name: 1925 Topographic Map of East Columbus
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

Columbus serves as the focal point for this mid-1920s survey, showing the city's eastern expansion across the U S Military Refugee Tract Land. The landscape is defined by a dense intersection of major rail corridors, including the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio RR and the Hocking Valley RR, which supported the industrial hubs of Steelton and East Columbus. Significant military and institutional sites are prominent, from the U S Army Supply Depot and Norton Field near the city center to the Lockbourne Army Air Base in the south.

Beyond the urban core, the terrain transitions into a network of farming communities and villages like Reynoldsburg, Canal Winchester, and Lithopolis. The natural drainage of Big Walnut Creek and Blacklick Creek provides a stark contrast to the rigid grid of Broad Street and the National Road. Of particular interest to local historians is the Franklin Co Infirmary and the numerous small rail junctions such as Valley Crossing and Bannon that anchored the era's transport economy.