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1955 Map of Reynoldsburg

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Reynoldsburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Columbus and its eastern suburbs are captured here during a period of mid-century expansion, where the city's residential growth meets the agricultural landscape of Jefferson and Truro townships. The Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroad corridor serves as a major industrial spine, passing the Claycraft brickworks and Taylor Sta. Significant local landmarks are prominent, including the sprawling Columbus Country Club and the St Theresa Shrine.

Transit and infrastructure define the area, from the aviation activity at Port Columbus and the U S Air Station to the storied National Road bisecting Reynoldsburg. In the rural stretches of Violet and Madison, small family and township burial grounds like Hockman Cem and Truro-Madison Township Cem remain as markers of the earlier farming community. The drainage of Big Walnut Creek and Blacklick Creek provides the primary topographic relief in an area rapidly transitioning from farmland to suburban tracts.