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1966 Map of Trenton

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Trenton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Great Miami River carves through this portion of Butler County, acting as a natural corridor for industrial and residential growth in the mid-1960s. Along its banks, the infrastructure of Middletown and Trenton expands, while smaller settlements like Le Sourdsville, Rockdale, and Maustown maintain their distinct positions within the surrounding townships. The landscape is a network of transportation and education, featuring the Penn Central and Baltimore and Ohio railroads alongside numerous local schools such as Babeck Sch and Edison Sch.

Genealogists will find significant value in the distribution of family-named burial grounds, including the Shafer Farm Cem and Augspurger Cem. Conservation and recreation are represented by the Rentschler Forest Preserve, which sits in contrast to the nearby Gravel Pits and Gas Wells that signal the era's local resource extraction. This survey preserves a transition period where rural farm cemeteries and township schools still dotted the map even as corporate boundaries for Monroe and other centers began to reach outward.