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1966 Map of Paris South

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Paris South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

The city of Paris serves as the focal point for this 1966 survey, showing the expansion of the county seat southward through local landmarks like Sylvan Park and the Elks Country Club. The map captures a transition from the urban grid, anchored by the Courthouse and Crawford Hospital, into the rolling farmland of Stratton and Symmes. This rural landscape is deeply marked by lineage and early settlement history, evidenced by an exceptional density of family burial grounds including Cassady Cem, Ford Lycan Cem, and Elledge Holley Cem.

A notable cartographic detail is the Old Treaty Boundary, which cuts diagonally across the terrain, reflecting the historical division of the land. The region's infrastructure is defined by the crossing of the Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads, which facilitated the local agricultural economy. To the south, the village of Elbridge sits near specialized industrial features like a Gas Storage Field and a Gas Storage Well, indicating the subsurface utility of the Edgar County landscape.