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1909 Map of Newark

Name: 1909 Topographic Map of Newark
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

Newark serves as the industrial and transportation hub of this early 20th-century landscape, where the Licking River and its various forks converge. The map documents a period of significant transition in Ohio transit, showing the established routes of the Pennsylvania RR and Baltimore and Ohio RR alongside the early obsolescence of electric lines, such as the Ohio Electric Ry (Abandoned) and the St L and Columbus RR (Abandoned). Outside the city center, a dense network of rural one-room schoolhouses like Blackhawk School and Forest Glen School dot the townships of Mary Ann and Fallsbury.

Preserved prehistoric heritage is evident at the Indian Mound sites near Central City, juxtaposed against the expanding grid of the county seat. The topography is defined by significant landmarks like Bald Knob and the unusual Rain Rock, while smaller settlements like St Louisville and Utica maintain their own distinct rail connections. The map also captures several vanished or transformed locales, including the community of Reform and numerous small chapels such as Smith Chapel.