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1951 Map of Ozawkie

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Ozawkie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1952
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1952

About this map

The Delaware River meanders through the heart of Jefferson County, defining a landscape of agricultural valley floors and rising bluffs just before the era of major reservoir construction. The town of Ozawkie serves as the central hub of this rural community, situated near the northern edge of the Old Delaware Reservation boundary. The distribution of social institutions reveals a deeply rooted rural network, with country schools like Lowry Sch and Hayes Sch spaced to serve local farmsteads.

Evidence of shifting demographics appears in several noted closures, including Kilgour Sch (Abandoned) and Ross Sch (Abandoned), suggesting a consolidation of the school system or local population shifts by the early 1950s. Notable landmarks such as Round Mound and the Boy Scout Camp break the rolling terrain, while the Olive Branch Cem and Liberty Ch provide vital touchstones for genealogists tracing family histories in the townships of Fairview and Rock Creek.