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1960 Map of Good Hope

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Good Hope
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Good Hope serves as a central hub for this rural landscape in south-central Ohio, situated along the line of the Toledo and Ohio Central RR. The settlement pattern reflects a stable agricultural community, with scattered schoolhouses like the Township Sch and family burial grounds including Eyeman Bryant Cem and Waugh Cem marking the townships of Wayne, Concord, and Buckskin.

The terrain is defined by the North Fork Paint Creek in the northeast and the rising elevation of Ragged Ridge to the southeast. Transport is dominated by a network of rural routes such as the Washington and Good Hope Road and the Baltimore and Ohio Road, which connect smaller locales like McLean and Fairview. Of historical interest is the Miami Detroit Indian Trace, a label indicating a long-established path through this part of Fayette Co and Ross Co.