1960 Map of Shelby

About this map

The Wilkins Air Force Station occupies a significant footprint in the center of this 1960 survey, illustrating the Cold War era's military presence in rural Ohio. This landscape marks the intersection of three counties—Richland, Huron, and Crawford—where the historic Connecticut Western Reserve meets the Congress Lands. The southern portion is dominated by the industrial and residential core of Shelby, showing the New York Central and Baltimore and Ohio railroads converging near Central High Sch. In the more agricultural north, the village of Plymouth straddles the county line, while smaller rural nodes like Auburn Center and New Pittsburgh are connected by a grid of family-named routes such as Dinninger Road and Hazel Brush Road. Waterways like Marsh Run and Black Fork Mohican River provide natural drainage through the alternating patches of woodlots and cleared farmland.