2023 Map of Waterloo

About this map

Symmes Creek and its many tributaries, including Buck Creek and Johns Creek, carve through the complex ridge-and-hollow topography of Lawrence County. This 2023 survey of the area near Waterloo and Arabia reveals a landscape where modern boundaries of the Wayne National Forest overlay a deep history of family homesteads and local congregations. The map is particularly dense with small, family-named burial grounds like Saunders Cem, Haskins Cem, and Drummond Cem, which provide a geographic anchor for genealogical research along the high ground of Greasy Ridge and Jenkins Ridge. In the southern reaches, Ellsworth Ridge and the waters of Timber Ridge Lake highlight the area's rural character, while the intersection of Lawrence and Gallia counties underscores the jurisdictional history of these southern Ohio hill country settlements.