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1961 Map of Piketon

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Piketon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

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The Scioto River valley dominates this early 1960s landscape, illustrating the transition from 19th-century infrastructure to the nuclear age. Traces of the Ohio and Erie Canal (Abandoned) run parallel to the river and the Norfolk and Western railroad, marking a historical corridor that once defined Pike County commerce. In the southeast, the massive U S Reservation Atomic Energy Commission stands as a significant Cold War-era presence near the community of Sargents.

Local history is preserved in numerous family and community sites, such as Yankee Hill Ch and several small burial grounds like Walden Hill Cem and Milliron Cem. Topographic landmarks including Painters Knob and Sponyers Knob rise above the drainage of Sunfish Creek and Pee Pee Creek. At Piketon, an Indian Mound and a Racetrack suggest a long continuity of human activity from ancient times to modern recreation.