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2023 Map of Sinking Spring

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of Sinking Spring
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

Serpent Mound stands as a significant cultural landmark in this section of Highland County, overlooking the waters of Ohio Brush Creek. The landscape is characterized by a series of high points, including Jarnigan Knob and Ft Hill, which define the topography near the border of Adams and Pike Counties. Small settlements like Sinking Spring, Elmville, and North Uniontown are connected by a network of rural routes such as Sinking Spring Rd and Elmville Rd.

Genealogists will find a high density of burial sites across these ridges, from the Old Dutch Cem in the north to Dunkard Ridge Cem and the Kelley Cem further south. The drainage patterns of Middle Fork Ohio Brush Creek and Baker Fork have historically dictated the placement of these early communities and family cemeteries, preserving a map of rural Ohio settlement patterns that remains largely visible in the modern era.