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1961 Map of Rushsylvania

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Rushsylvania
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The Greenville Treaty Line bisects this Logan County landscape, a permanent mark of the historical frontier cutting across the township boundaries of Mc Arthur, Rush Creek, and Jefferson. The village of Rushsylvania serves as the central hub, situated along the Penn Central railroad and near the headwaters of Rush Creek. The map documents a rural transition during the early 1960s, showing a network of family-named cemeteries such as McKirahan Cem and Northwood Cem, alongside several small hamlets like Marl City and Big Springs.

Recreational sites like Camp Wesley, Mountain Lake Camp, and Zane Caverns Park point to the area's development as a local destination. Topography varies from the relatively flat lands near Cherokee Run to the more dissected terrain around Bokengehalas Creek. Notable industry is represented by Kilns and a Gravel Pit, while the agricultural character is maintained through scattered homesteads and the distant Hopewell Ch.