1960 Map of Ottawa

About this map

The Blanchard River meanders through this Putnam County landscape, defining the character of Ottawa and its surrounding townships. The town of Glandorf sits at the confluence where Cranberry Creek meets the river, while the Old Indian Treaty Boundary slices diagonally across the terrain, a silent witness to the area's early 19th-century history. Transportation corridors are central to this mid-century view, with the Baltimore and Ohio and Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroads converging in the heart of the county seat.