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1961 Map of Nelsonville

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Nelsonville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The Hocking River valley serves as the industrial and social backbone of this southeast Ohio landscape, where the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad corridor links a string of coal-country settlements. Nelsonville serves as the primary hub, showing a dense grid of streets, Mt St Marys Hospital, and the local City Hall. The surrounding terrain of the Wayne National Forest is defined by extensive extraction, with numerous Strip Mines and hollows such as Snake Hollow and Long Hollow marking the hillsides.

Genealogical interest is found in the distribution of community landmarks like Greenlawn Cemetery and Pilgrims Rest Ch, alongside vanished-style rail stops at Glen Ebon and Hamley Run. To the southeast, the topography transitions toward The Plains, notable for an ancient Indian Mound near the New York Central line. The map illustrates a mid-century balance between the early 20th-century mining economy and the preservation of the Waterloo State Forest.