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1911 Map of Summerfield

Name: 1911 Topographic Map of Summerfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

The hills of Guernsey and Noble counties are defined here by a dense network of early 20th-century rural infrastructure, where schools and churches served small farming communities separated by the winding drainages of Seneca Fork Wills Creek and Beaver Creek. The Baltimore and Ohio RR cuts across the northern landscape, anchoring settlements like Quaker City and Salesville, while the southern interior is marked by local landmarks such as Beatty Knob Mt Ephraim and Aiken Ridge.

A notable historical boundary is the Military Lands line, which bisects the quadrangle and represents the legacy of post-Revolutionary War land grants. This survey captures a specific social geography, documenting dozens of neighborhood institutions such as Tookyho School, Science Hill School, and Palestine Church, many of which were central to rural life before the mid-century consolidation of school districts and church parishes.