1961 Map of Leroy

About this map

Chippewa Lake serves as a primary geographical focus of this 1961 survey, bordered by the established recreational and residential communities of Chippewa Lake Park, Gloria Glens Park, and Briarwood Beach. The landscape is a mosaic of agriculture and early suburban development within the Connecticut Western Reserve, where fine red dashed lines on the sheet indicate fence and field lines visible from aerial photography. Transport and infrastructure are critical to the region's character, with the Baltimore and Ohio and the New York Chicago and St Louis Railroad cutting through the southern townships. Local history is deeply etched in the smaller settlements like Friendsville and Lafayette, supported by numerous country burial grounds such as Spitzer Cem and Lafayette Cem. The prevalence of Gas Wells across the northern half of the map reflects the era's active natural resource extraction amidst the growing educational hub at Cloverleaf High Sch.