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1961 Map of Saint Paris

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Saint Paris
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

The village of Saint Paris anchors the southern portion of this landscape, showing a dense grid of streets and the Pennsylvania Road corridor as it appeared during the early 1960s. Northward, the man-made Kiser Lake and its surrounding Kiser Lake State Park dominate the terrain, providing a look at mid-century recreation sites like Camp Shawano and the State Landing Strip. The map reveals a deeply rooted agrarian community through its numerous rural burial grounds, including the Wilkson Cem, Halterman Cem, and Millerstown Cem.

Infrastructure is defined by the Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad, which cuts north-south through the village of Rosewood. Between the settlements of Carysville and Millerstown, the landscape is a network of township roads and small waterways such as Mosquito Creek and Nettle Creek. These features illustrate the local-scale geography of Champaign County, where small-town centers were connected by both rail and early state routes.