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1961 Map of Withamsville

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Withamsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The Ohio River serves as the prominent geographic and political divide in this early 1960s survey, separating Campbell County, Kentucky, from the suburbanizing landscape of Hamilton and Clermont Counties in Ohio. The riverfront is defined by the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad corridor and the small community of Melbourne, while the Ohio side reflects the rapid post-war expansion of Cincinnati’s eastern suburbs. Planned residential developments such as Sherwood Village, Paddison Hills, and Viking Village are carved into the plateau above the river's deep tributary valleys.

Religious and educational institutions are significant landmarks on this terrain, notably St Gregory Seminary and the Sacred Heart Seminary. Traces of the region's rural character remain visible through family-named creek systems like Eightmile Creek and Tenmile Creek, alongside local hubs like Withamsville and Locust Corner. The map captures a moment of transition where large-scale leisure and commerce, exemplified by the Coldstream Country Club and a Drive-in Theater, began to replace the older agrarian patterns of the Union and Pierce townships.