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1965 Map of Miamisburg

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Miamisburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

Miamisburg and West Carrollton anchor this mid-century landscape along the Great Miami River, where industrial expansion meets deep-rooted local history. The presence of the Mound Laboratory and the nearby Miamisburg Mound State Memorial represents a unique intersection of prehistoric earthworks and Cold War-era research. The river corridor serves as a busy transit artery, with the Penn Central railroad following the water's edge through Whitfield toward the urban centers of Moraine and Dayton.

Family history and rural community life are documented through numerous country churches and cemeteries, such as St Peters Ch and Trissel Cem. In the north, the sprawling Veterans Administration Center and neighborhoods like Drexel and New Chicago show the residential growth of the post-war era. Meanwhile, the western portions of the quadrangle maintain an agricultural character, defined by the winding courses of Bear Creek and Twin Creek and the small settlement of Germantown.