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1911 Map of Wauseon

Name: 1911 Topographic Map of Wauseon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Wauseon serves as the focal point of this 1911 survey, showing the intricate intersection of the Wabash RR and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern RR that drove regional commerce. The landscape is a dense network of early 20th-century rural infrastructure, characterized by a staggering number of numbered and named school districts such as the uniquely titled Swamp Angel School and Ranger School.

Evidence of the era's emerging transit options is clear in the Toledo and Western Electric RR, which parallelled traditional steam lines near Pettisville and Morenci. The map also captures the administrative heart of Fulton Co at the County Fairgrounds near Ottokee, while documenting small agricultural hubs like Denson and Tedrow PO that provided vital postal and supply links to the surrounding farmsteads.