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1961 Map of New Bremen

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

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The town of Minster anchors the southern portion of this West-Central Ohio survey, situated alongside the Miami and Erie Canal. This waterway, marked as abandoned by the early 1960s, follows the eastern corridor past New Bremen, paralleling the New York Central railroad line. The landscape is a testament to the region's strong Catholic heritage, centered on the Maria Stein Shrine and the community of Maria Stein, which shares space with the St Johns post office.

A network of family-named roads like Moorman Road and Heitkamp Road connects small rural clusters such as Egypt and Chickasaw. The topography is predominantly agricultural, drained by winding waterways including Chickasaw Creek and Barnes Creek. Local infrastructure of the era is represented by institutions such as St Pauls Sch and the Marion High Sch, alongside numerous early burying grounds like Plank Road Cem.