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1916 Map of Morrow

Name: 1916 Topographic Map of Morrow
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

The Little Miami River carves a deep valley through this Warren County landscape, serving as the primary corridor for commerce and travel in the early twentieth century. The town of Morrow sits at a strategic bend in the river, where the Pennsylvania RR and other lines created a vital rail junction. To the west, Lebanon appears as a significant civic hub, noted for the County Infirmary and the Childrens Home on its outskirts.

Industry and local education are well-documented, from the Stubbs Mill on the river to a dense network of country schoolhouses like Flat Fork School and Chestnut Ridge School that served the surrounding townships. The map clearly delineates the North Boundary Symmes Purchase, a significant early land survey line that shaped the region's development. Small rural hamlets such as Oregonia, Roachester, and South Lebanon are shown at their peak before mid-century modernizations altered the local character.