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1966 Map of Salem

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Salem
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Salem serves as the industrial and social anchor of this landscape, its urban footprint expanding southward during the mid-1960s revision and 1970s photorevision. The map highlights a transition from the dense street grid of the city, featuring landmarks like Centennial Park and the McKinley School, to the surrounding townships of Goshen, Green, and Perry. The Middle Fork Little Beaver Creek carves a path through the center of the sheet, bordered by the topographic prominence of Dutch Ridge.

Transport history is preserved through the corridors of the Penn Central and Erie Lackawanna railroads, which once fueled the region's manufacturing base. Beyond the city limits, smaller crossroad communities such as New Albany, Greenford, and Washingtonville persist, while markers like Dutch Ridge Cemetery and Grandview Cemetery provide specific touchpoints for genealogical research in this portion of the Connecticut Western Reserve.