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1960 Map of Willshire

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Willshire
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

St Marys River winds through the northeast corner of this landscape, anchoring the village of Willshire. This agricultural borderland between Ohio and Indiana is defined by a dense network of family-named roads and scattered rural institutions. The map reveals a high concentration of small community centers, including Salem and Chattanooga, which served as local hubs before the consolidation of rural services.

Genealogists will find significant value in the detailed placement of numerous houses of worship and burial grounds, such as Mt Hope Ch, St Paul Ch, and the Tricker Cem. The presence of several Oil Wells and a Quarry near the river suggests a landscape that balanced traditional farming with early industrial extraction. Notable landmarks like the Blue Creek Sch and various local routes like Meyers Road and Stetler Road provide a precise spatial record of this rural society at the turn of the 1960s.