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1961 Map of Navarre

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Navarre
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The Tuscarawas River valley in the early 1960s reveals a complex landscape of heavy industry and rural heritage at the intersection of Stark and Tuscarawas Counties. The presence of the Ohio and Erie Canal alongside the Baltimore and Ohio and New York Chicago and St Louis railroads underscores the area's role as a transportation corridor. Extensive extractive activity is visible through numerous labeled strip mines and the Fox Mine north of Smoketown.

Settlement patterns center on the village of Navarre and the industrial hub of Brewster, with smaller communities like Harmon and Justus following the rail lines. Local history is deeply preserved in the numerous family and church burial grounds, including the Wellford Baptist Cem, German Cem, and Slutz Cem. In the southern reach, the Beach City Reservoir and its associated Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District lands show the 20th-century focus on water management and conservation.