1961 Map of Navarre

About this map

The Tuscarawas River valley in the early 1960s was a landscape defined by industrial extraction and significant water management. Extensive Strip Mine operations and a Quarry dot the hillsides of Bethlehem and Franklin townships, contrasting with the engineered basin of the Sugar Creek Reservoir. Small settlements like Justus, Harmon, and Elton cluster along the rail corridors of the New York Chicago and St Louis and Baltimore and Ohio railroads. For genealogists, the map is particularly detailed, identifying numerous burial grounds such as Slutz Cem and Dietrick Cem. The presence of the Ames Airport and Canton Waterworks south of Navarre underscores the region's mid-century utility and transportation infrastructure.