1961 Map of Wooster

About this map

Wooster serves as the focal point of this Wayne County landscape, showing significant institutional and residential growth in the early 1960s. The map highlights the extensive grounds of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center south of the city, along with local infrastructure such as the waterworks and various brickkilns. Settlement patterns extend to outlying areas like Madisonburg and the curiously named Devil Town, while transportation is defined by the Baltimore and Ohio and Conrail lines. Genealogists will find a wealth of burial records across sites like Wooster Cemetery, Highland Park Cem, and the County Infirmary Cem. The purple-tinted revisions added later reflect the expanding footprint of the city boundary as it encroached on the surrounding townships of Wayne and Franklin.