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1960 Map of Scott

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Scott
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

The village of Scott straddles the Paulding and Van Wert county line, serving as a focal point for this agrarian landscape defined by the Congress Lands surveying system. The map reveals a meticulous grid of rural routes, including family-named roads like Brown Road and Feasby Road, which connect isolated farmsteads to local landmarks such as Grand Victory Ch and several small burying grounds like Mohr Cem and Taylor Cem.

In the southern portion of the quadrangle, the northern edge of the city of Van Wert emerges, featuring the Anthony Wayne Sch and a local Drive-in Theater. This 1960s study captures the transition from open drainage across the till plains, seen in the winding paths of Hoaglin Creek and Maddox Creek, to the organized municipal infrastructure of the growing county seat, including the local Sewage Disposal plant and the Pennsylvania railroad corridor.