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1961 Map of West Unity

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of West Unity
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

West Unity serves as the central hub of this Williams County landscape, where the Norfolk and Western railway intersects with the local road network. To the south, the village of Stryker sits along the Penn Central line and the banks of the Tiffin River. The map illustrates a settled agricultural region defined by its numerous rural congregations and burial grounds, including the Quaker Ch Cem near the Fulton Line and the German Ch further south.

Modern infrastructure of the early 1960s is represented by the Ohio Turnpike cutting across the northern townships of Madison and Mill Creek, complete with a dedicated Service Facility. Smaller hamlets like Lock Port appear along the river, while several family and community landmarks such as King Cem and Floral Grove Cem provide essential data points for local historians and genealogists tracing early residents in Brady and Springfield townships.