1961 Map of Urbana West

About this map

The Mad River valley in West Central Ohio defines this landscape, where fertile floodplains meet the rising hills of Champaign and Clark counties. The Cedar Swamp State Memorial preserves a significant glacial fen south of the western edge of Urbana, a city shown at a moment of mid-century growth. This 1961 survey, updated with 1973 photogrammetric revisions, reveals a dense network of early transportation routes, including the Old Troy Pike and the crossing lines of the Penn Central and Erie-Lackawanna railroads.