2015 Map of Ray

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Browning and Ray anchor this 2015 study of the borderlands between Schuyler and Fulton Counties. The terrain is defined by the winding course of Sugar Creek and numerous drainages like Harris Branch and McKee Branch, which carve through the landscape to create distinctive formations like Scab Hollow and Devils Backbone. Genealogists will find a high density of burial sites across the township lines, ranging from Christian Neck Cemetery to the dual sites of Old Ridgeville Cemetery and New Ridgeville Cemetery. This distribution of family and community cemeteries, such as Pittenger Cemetery and Burress Cemetery, suggests a long-established pattern of rural settlement. The presence of Peabody Lake and Sullivan Lake provides contrast to the agricultural and creek-bottom lands that dominate the region's geography.