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1961 Map of New Straitsville

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of New Straitsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1992

About this map

New Straitsville and the surrounding coal-country settlements of the Wayne National Forest are defined by a complex landscape of extraction and community in the early 1960s. The topography is dominated by extensive Strip Mine operations and industrial features like the Tipple near New Town, reflecting the region's heavy reliance on the coal industry. Narrow ridges such as Dugan Ridge and Salem Ridge separate the valleys where towns like Shawnee, Hemlock, and Murray City developed along corridors like Monday Creek and West Branch Sunday Creek.

Family history researchers can find numerous rural landmarks, including St Augustine Ch and cemeteries like Springer Cem and Carbon Hill Cem. The map also captures the transition of land use, with the Sunday Creek State Wildlife Area and Trimble State Wildlife Area covering large tracts of the dissected plateau. A few remaining pieces of transportation history, such as the abandoned railroad grades, trace the former paths of commerce through this corner of Perry and Hocking Counties.