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1961 Map of Junction City

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Junction City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1994
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1994

About this map

Junction City serves as the industrial and social hub of this western Perry County landscape, where the local economy transitions from the Kilns and rail infrastructure of the town to the extensive extraction efforts marked by Strip Mines to the northeast. The topography is defined by the winding course of Rush Creek and its southern tributaries, including Dry Run and Turkey Run. This area preserves a dense network of nineteenth-century social centers, evidenced by numerous rural congregations such as Mt Zion Ch and Bethel Ch.

Genealogists will find a wealth of family history sites, from the Harvey Cem near the Fairfield County line to the Fairview Cem and St Johns Cem further south. The map documents a landscape of small hamlets like Salem and Clarksville interspersed with early water management features such as the Rush Creek Reservoir and Flagdale Lake, while southern sections are increasingly dominated by the National Forest and the steep hollows of Little Monday Creek.