1958 Map of Jerry City

About this map

Jerry City sits at the heart of this mid-century Wood County landscape, where the agricultural grid is defined by the complex branching of the North Branch, Middle Branch, and South Branch Portage River. The map reveals a robust rural infrastructure of the 1950s, characterized by numerous Oil Wells scattered across townships like Portage and Montgomery. These small-scale extraction points punctuate the fields between established community centers such as New Rochester and Six Points. Local life is anchored by country institutions including Portage Sch, the Jerry City Cem, and several named congregations like Hope American Ch and Mt Zion Ch. The dense network of section-line roads, such as Mermill Road and Greensburg Pike, facilitates movement across this hydraulic landscape where Bull Creek and Cuckle Creek feed the larger Portage system.