1914 Map of St. Paris

About this map

St Paris serves as the central hub of this pre-war survey, anchoring a dense network of steam and electric railways that defined west-central Ohio's early 20th-century economy. Major corridors like the Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis RR and the Detroit Toledo and Ironton RR intersect here, while the Troy and Piqua Electric Road highlights the brief, significant era of interurban transit. The landscape is dotted with neighborhood identifiers, including numerous rural schoolhouses such as Speece School and Grafton School, and the notable County Infirmary near the Mad River. From the clustered settlements of Rosewood and Millerstown to the waters of Mosquito Lake, the map documents a transition from pioneer-era farmsteads to a modernizing transport-heavy corridor.