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2010 Map of Otway

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Otway
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

Otway stands as a focal point in the valley where Scioto Brush Creek meets the South Fork Scioto Brush Creek, defined by its historic Otway Bridge and central Otway Post Office. The surrounding terrain is a network of named ridges and hollows, such as Oswego Ridge and Honey Hollow, which provided the framework for scattered rural homesteads and family cemeteries. These burial grounds, including the Beech Fork Cemetery and Oswego Cemetery, are tucked away along winding routes like Tick Ridge Koenig Hill Rd and Big Spruce Little Bear Rd.

Southward, the landscape shifts toward protected forest lands, where the Copperhead Lookout Tower once monitored the timbered hills. The presence of Bear Creek Lake and its associated Bear Creek Lake Dam highlights 20th-century water management and recreation in a region where smaller settlements like Henley and Lombardsville trace the paths of old transportation corridors along the creek bottoms.