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1960 Map of Wellington

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Wellington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The village of Wellington serves as the focal point of this Lorain County landscape, where the confluence of the Penn Central and Norfolk and Western Railway lines illustrates a mid-century rail hub in transition. To the south, Findley State Park and the nearby State Game Farm anchor a significant conservation area surrounding Findley Lake. The map details a well-established agricultural grid defined by family-named routes such as Mallader Road and Whitney Road, connecting smaller communities like Pittsfield, Lagrange, and Penfield.

Noteworthy local landmarks include Botsford Airport and the village's educational and civic infrastructure, from Westwood Sch to the Fairgrounds and Greenwood Cem. The drainage patterns of the West Branch Black River and Wellington Creek dictate the local topography, while the Wellington Reservoirs highlight the managed water resources of the era. The presence of numerous gas wells throughout the survey area points to the subsurface resource extraction that paralleled the region's farming economy.