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1961 Map of South Salem

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of South Salem
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The village of South Salem anchors this 1961 survey, revealing a landscape defined by the drainage systems of Buckskin Creek and Paint Creek as they cut through the Ross and Highland County border. This era shows the local infrastructure of western Ross County before the widespread consolidation of rural sites, including the Township Sch and multiple family-named burial grounds like Satchel Cem and Nuckols Cem.

Transport patterns are dominated by two significant rail lines: the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad running east-west through Lyndon, and the Ironton Detroit and Toledo Railroad following the valley south through Fruitdale. The terrain transitions from the flatter till plains of Buckskin Township into the significant ridges of the south, where Pricer Ridge and Dolphins Ridge rise above the creek beds, illustrating the transition into the more dissected topography of Southern Ohio.