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1937 Map of Sylvania

Name: 1937 Topographic Map of Sylvania
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1937
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1937

About this map

Tenmile Creek and the Ottawa River meander through this borderland landscape during a period of transition between industrial quarrying and suburban expansion. The heavy extraction sites at Medusa Quarry and France Quarry near Silica stand in contrast to the maturing residential developments of Ottawa Hills and Elden Heights. The map clearly delineates the North Boundary Twelvemile Reservation, a remnant of historical treaty lines that continues to influence local property and township divisions.

Community life is anchored by numerous neighborhood institutions, from the St Francis Convent to specialized sites like the Ottawa Hills Riding Club and the Boy Scout Reservation. Transportation is dominated by the New York Central Railroad and the Toledo and Western RR, which facilitated the movement of materials from the limestone quarries toward the growing urban center. Local genealogy and land use can be traced through family-named landmarks and rural schoolhouses such as Seeley Sch and Rosson Sch.