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1959 Map of Windham

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Windham
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The Ravenna Arsenal dominates the central portion of this landscape, its structured grid of roads and facilities defining the mid-century military footprint in Portage County. To the north, the village of Windham serves as a primary population center, situated just south of the Ohio Toll Road Turnpike and the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. This era shows the convergence of traditional rail-based industry and the burgeoning interstate highway system.

The southern reaches are defined by the West Branch Mahoning River Reservoir and the community of Wayland. Geologic and industrial activity is noted through various quarries scattered near the U S Military Reservation. Genealogists may find value in the location of several burial grounds, including St Josephs Cem and Hawley Cem, while transport historians can trace the paths of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Penn Central Railroad as they intersect the township lines of Paris and Milton.