1961 Map of New Bloomington

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The Scioto River and its meandering tributaries dominate this central Ohio landscape, where the Erie Lackawanna and New York Central railroads parallel each other through the farming communities of De Cliff and Espyville. The village of New Bloomington serves as a central hub, surrounded by numerous family and community burial grounds including the Agosta and Hoover-Crossing cemeteries. Large tracts of land are preserved within the Big Island Wildlife Area, while the surrounding townships of Montgomery and Bowling Green are etched with a geometric grid of rural roads such as Linwood Road and Windfall Road. Genealogists may find interest in the scattered rural landmarks like the Bell School and Townhall, which suggest the historic civic structure of the region before modern consolidation changed the rural landscape.