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1938 Map of Maumee

Name: 1938 Topographic Map of Maumee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1938
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1938

About this map

Maumee River serves as the central artery for this Lucas and Wood County landscape, where the historical impact of the Miami and Erie Canal and several major rail lines define the development of Maumee and Perrysburg. The map reveals a transition from the industrial and transportation hubs at the river's edge to a vast network of agricultural drainage, evidenced by numerous named channels like Salisbury Ditch and Mollenkopf Ditch.

Genealogists and local historians will find significant detail in the placement of Springfield Chapel, Glendale Sch, and prominent burial grounds such as St Joseph Cem and Fort Meigs Cem. The presence of the Fort Miami Fair Grounds and Fallen Timbers State Park highlights the area's dual identity as a recreational center and a site of profound early frontier history. In the outskirts, smaller hamlets like Holland and Monclova are shown connected by a grid of named rural roads, illustrating the 1930s settlement pattern before the expansion of the Toledo suburbs.