1903 Map of Findlay

About this map

The Findlay city center serves as the dense heart of this Northwest Ohio region, where the Blanchard River meets a complex web of industrial transport. Surveyed at the dawn of the twentieth century, the map reveals a landscape defined by the intersection of numerous competing railroads, including the Lake Erie and Western R. R. and the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton R. R. To the north, the rise of the regional oil boom is evident in the naming of Oil Center and the village of Cygnet. Small agricultural and rail stops like Mortimer, Galatea, and Bairdstown dot the wood and stone-fenced sections between North Baltimore and Bloomdale. Notable water features like The Outlet and Rocky Ford delineate the drainage patterns of the flat, productive plains of Wood and Hancock Counties.