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1917 Map of Hillsboro

Name: 1917 Topographic Map of Hillsboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

The county seat of Hillsboro serves as the hub for a dense network of early 20th-century roads and railways, including the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern R R and the Norfolk and Western R R. This 1914–1915 survey reveals a landscape defined by an incredibly high concentration of rural schoolhouses, such as Persimmon Ridge School, Brier College School, and Kansas College School, suggesting a highly organized township system of education before the era of school consolidation.

South of the main town, smaller settlements like Sugartree Ridge and Winkle P O are connected by namesake thoroughfares like the Winchester Road and Fincastle Road. The map also identifies the Highland County Infirmary and numerous family-named landmarks like Calebs Hill and Lilley Hill, providing significant geographical anchors for genealogists looking to place ancestral farms and community life in southern Ohio during the Great War era.