The Van Wert County Courthouse anchors this Western Ohio landscape, serving as the civic heart of a region defined by its grid-iron road network and prairie drainage systems. The city of Van Wert expands around the City Reservoir, with the historic Lincoln Hwy and the Van Wert County Airport marking its northern edges. To the south, the terrain transitions into the smaller settlements of Ohio City and Jonestown, where a series of prairie creeks including Mown Prairie Cr and Long Prairie Cr feed toward the Little Auglaize River. Genealogists will find several notable burial grounds across these townships, including Woodland Cem, Wallick Cem, and Walnut Grove Cem, providing essential anchors for family history research in this agricultural corridor.
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1911 · Spencerville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1911 · Delphos
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1914 · Celina
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1914 · Van Wert
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · Delphos
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · Van Wert
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · Celina
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · Spencerville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Muncie
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Muncie
USGS Topo · 1:250,000