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1943 Map of Fredericktown

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Fredericktown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Fredericktown serves as the primary municipal anchor of this wartime survey, situated at the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio RR and several local routes. The landscape is defined by its deep educational and social roots, evidenced by the high density of rural schoolhouses such as Woodland Hall Sch, Ball Sch, and Vail Sch. Near the Knox and Morrow county lines, the County Infirmary stands as a significant landmark of local social history.

The terrain is marked by prehistoric features including Braddock Mound and Raleigh Mound, which hint at ancient habitation long before the 1940s rail-and-road network connected towns like Chesterville and Centerburg. Travelers of the era moved along the Pennsylvania Road and Columbus Road, passing through numerous crossroads settlements such as Mead Corners and Bowery Corners. The North Fork Licking River and Sycamore Creek drain the undulating hills, providing the natural structure for the agricultural townships mapped here.