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1959 Map of Sandusky

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Sandusky
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Sandusky and its industrial waterfront dominate this late 1950s survey, showing a city deeply tied to the waters of Lake Erie and Sandusky Bay. The map documents a dense urban core filled with neighborhood landmarks like Jackson Jr High Sch and St Marys Ch, while the southern reaches reveal the sprawling perimeter of the Plum Brook Ordnance Works. This military facility, alongside the Soldiers and Sailors Home, highlights the significant institutional presence in the region during the mid-century era.

Transportation networks are heavily represented by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which served the limestone quarries and ports. Notable for local historians is the inclusion of the Cholera Cem, a somber reminder of earlier epidemics, and the emerging recreational landscape at Cedar Point, reached by the Cedar Point Causeway Road. The transition from city streets to the rural landscapes of Perkins township is marked by scattered schools such as Furry Sch and Perkins Sch.