1960 Map of Weston

About this map

The Baltimore and Ohio railroad corridor anchors this survey of Wood County, Ohio, tracing a vital industrial artery through the agricultural landscape of Weston and Milton Center. The terrain is remarkably flat, shaped by significant drainage works like the Cutoff Ditch and natural watercourses such as the North Branch Portage River. This land-use pattern reveals a highly organized grid of rural roads and farmsteads characteristic of the Great Black Swamp region after its mid-19th-century reclamation. Genealogy researchers will find several localized burial sites, including St Louis Cem near Custar, the Township Cem, and the oddly placed Pottertown Cem near the western margin. The map also captures the early development of the local road network, with named routes like Sand Ridge Road and Wapakoneta Road following old topographic rises across the prairie.