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1913 Map of Sidney

Name: 1913 Topographic Map of Sidney
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1934
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1934

About this map

Sidney serves as the industrial and transportation hub of Shelby County on this 1913 survey, where the Miami River meets an intricate network of early twentieth-century infrastructure. The presence of the Miami and Erie Canal and its associated Feeder Canal highlights a lingering era of water-driven commerce even as four major rail lines, including the Western Ohio Electric RR and the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton RR, redefined the region's connectivity.

Beyond the urban core, the landscape is densely dotted with rural educational institutions, from the Poplar Knob School to the Quellhorst School, reflecting a highly organized township structure. The map captures established farming communities like Botkins, Jackson Center, and Anna at a time when local life revolved around a grid of named routes like Minster Road and Greenville Road. Landmarks such as the Childrens Home and various family-named drainage ditches like Baughman Ditch offer specific points of interest for genealogists tracing ancestral land use in western Ohio.