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1912 Map of Roxabell

Name: 1912 Topographic Map of Roxabell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

The Ohio and Erie Canal follows the eastern curve of the Scioto River north of Chillicothe, marking a transition from active waterway to historical relic by the time of this 1912 survey. Further west, the village of Frankfort serves as a local hub where the Dayton Road meets the North Fork Paint Creek. The landscape is defined by the sharp contrasts between the river bottomlands and the elevated ridges of Flyley Ridge and Spruce Hill.

Significant prehistoric and early industrial sites are distributed across the terrain, notably the Mound City Group National Monument and several other identified Indian Mounds. The region’s rural development is evidenced by a dense network of one-room schoolhouses, such as the Leffingwell School and Cattail School, and small rail stops like Roxabell and Musselman along the Baltimore and Ohio RR.