1917 Map of Piketon

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The Scioto River valley serves as the primary corridor for settlement and industry in this early twentieth-century survey, anchored by the town of Piketon. Evidence of ancient habitation is clearly marked at Seip Mound near Paint Creek and the Mound Cemetery to the south. The landscape is defined by a dense network of country schools, including Turkey Run School and Yankee Hill School, serving rural communities like Latham and Jasper. Transportation is dominated by the Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railroad and the Norfolk and Western Railway, which parallel the river and connect smaller stops such as Sargents. The surrounding uplands are characterized by dozens of named knobs and ridges, such as Horseback Knob and Greenbrier Ridge, where isolated post offices like Bethel Pike PO supported the dispersed population before the era of modern road consolidation.