Loading map...

1912 Map of Loudonville

Name: 1912 Topographic Map of Loudonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

The Mohican River and its forks define the landscape of this 1912 survey, revealing the complex township boundaries of Ashland, Wayne, Holmes, and Knox Counties. The Pennsylvania System railroad serves as the primary industrial artery, connecting rural stations like Shreve and Loudonville to the wider region. An important historical landmark, the Greenville Treaty Line, cuts across the southern portion of the map, marking the legacy of frontier-era negotiations that shaped early Ohio settlement patterns.

Rural education is remarkably well-documented here, with a high density of local institutions such as Germany School, Ball Alley School, and Jericho School serving dispersed farming communities. To the north, the Mohican Reservoir dominates the drainage of the Lake Fork, while smaller bodies like Odell Lake and Round Lake dot the glaciated terrain. The map details a network of named crossroads and small hamlets, including McZena, Nashville, and Welcome, which formed the social hubs of the early twentieth-century countryside.