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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

Hillsboro serves as the regional hub for Highland County in this early twentieth-century survey, revealing a dense network of rural schools and family-named landmarks. The landscape is defined by the convergence of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad and the Ohio Electric RR, which connect settlements like Fairview and Russell to the larger market. To the south and west, the topography transitions from the open fields of Union and Liberty townships into the more dissected drainage basins of Whiteoak Creek and the Rocky Fork.

A striking concentration of educational and social institutions is evident, with unique local names such as Kansas College School, High College School, and Brier College School indicating a specialized or historical nomenclature for district schoolhouses. Outside the central village, the Highland County Infirmary stands as a notable landmark. Traces of early postal routes and smaller hamlets like East Danville Winkle PO and Sugartree Ridge provide valuable data for researchers studying the pre-highway era of Ohio's rural development.