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1943 Map of Mount Gilead

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

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Galion serves as a major rail hub in the northeastern portion of this survey, where the Erie and New York Central lines converge. This 1943 revision, based on 1939 aerial photography, reveals a landscape defined by an intricate network of rural district schools and small settlements spanning the borders of Crawford, Marion, and Morrow counties. The county seat at Mount Gilead is positioned along Whetstone Creek, while smaller communities like Edison and Cardington follow the path of the New York Central railroad.

Genealogists can locate numerous family-named landmarks and institutions, such as Miller Cem, Huntley Sch, and Hipscher Sch, many of which were central to rural life before school consolidation. The terrain is largely agricultural, drained by the Olentangy River and Alum Creek, with distinctive features like Frozen Hill and Thomas Dam punctuating the productive farmland of Whetstone and Canaan townships.