1961 Map of West Alexandria

About this map

Twin Creek and Seven Mile Creek define the drainage patterns of this Preble County landscape, where small agricultural settlements grew alongside early transit routes like Quaker Trace. The map centers on the village of West Alexandria, showing a mid-century town structure complete with an Athletic Field and localized industry near the New York Road. To the south, the village of Gratis sits near a Covered Bridge on Aukerman Creek, illustrating the persistence of older infrastructure in the rural valley. The survey captures a network of small, family-named locales and crossroads such as Sampleville, Wheatville, and Ingomar, many of which were established during the nineteenth-century expansion of southwestern Ohio. Genealogists will find significant value in the numerous burial sites and rural institutions, including Fair View Cemetery, Enterprise Cem, and the Lanier Sch.