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1904 Map of Medina

Name: 1904 Topographic Map of Medina
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Medina serves as the focal point for this early twentieth-century survey of the Ohio landscape, appearing at a time when traditional pikes and burgeoning rail lines dictated the regional flow of commerce. The map illustrates the convergence of several major transportation routes, including the Northern Ohio R R and the Baltimore and Ohio R R (Lorain Br), which connected smaller hubs like Liverpool Sta and Lester.

South of the county seat, the landscape softens around Chippewa Lake and its corresponding settlement, providing a look at the drainage patterns of Chippewa Ditch and the West Branch Rocky River. For genealogists and local historians, the sheet is dense with family-named locales and small crossroads communities such as Sherman Corners, River Styx, and Friendsville. The presence of the Cleveland Southwestern and Columbus Electric Ry highlights the short-lived but vital era of interurban electric travel that once linked these rural Ohio townships.