1961 Map of Ironton

About this map

Ironton anchors the Ohio side of the river as a busy industrial and civic center, its grid of streets housing the Court House, Armory, and Ironton Hospital. The riverfront is a dense corridor of transportation and industry, where the Chesapeake And Ohio and Norfolk and Western railroads parallel the Ohio River, serving communities from Hanging Rock down to Coal Grove. Across the water in Kentucky, the map details the suburban growth of Flatwoods and Russell, including the Russell Sr High Sch and the Ashland-Boyd County Airport. North of the urban centers, the landscape shifts dramatically into the Wayne National Forest. Here, the legacy of the region's early iron industry is preserved at the Vesuvius Furnace (Ruins) near Lake Vesuvius, while numerous labels for a Strip Mine indicate the mid-century's active extractive economy.