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1959 Map of Helena

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Helena
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Oil extraction and agricultural industry define this landscape on the border of Sandusky and Seneca counties. Extensive Oil Field operations are mapped across several townships, particularly concentrated around the village of Helena. This late 1950s survey documents a network of rural infrastructure including the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Chicago and St Louis Railroad, which intersected at Burgoon.

Genealogists will find numerous family-named roads and rural institutions, such as Trinity Ch and its accompanying Trinity Cem, Canaan Ch, and St Marys Cem near Millersville. The terrain is drained by a system of meandering waterways including Muddy Creek, Sugar Creek, and Muskellunge Creek, which cut through the established farm plots of Madison and Washington townships. The map also records smaller settlements like Tinney, Girton, and Squires, many of which centered around these vital rail and road junctions.