1960 Map of Ottoville

About this map

The Auglaize River and the legacy of the Miami and Erie Canal define this agricultural landscape of western Ohio. By the early 1960s, the canal bed remains a visible corridor through the countryside, running south from Ottoville toward the sharp river bend at Fort Jennings. These two primary settlements anchor the region, which is characterized by a dense network of drainage ditches such as Dry Fork and Flat Foot Creek that converted this former swampland into productive farmland.