1960 Map of Wren

About this map

The St Marys River winds through the heart of this landscape, anchoring the settlements of Pleasant Mills and Willshire. This 1960 era survey reveals a well-established grid of rural infrastructure, including a prominent Covered Bridge and the Decatur Hi-Way Landing Field to the west. Local genealogy is well-preserved through several named burial grounds such as Old Mt Tabor Cem, Mc Clure Cem, and Fletcher Cem. The map illustrates a rural economy organized around these waterways and the intersecting networks of Harrison Willshire Road and Ohio City Road. Institutional life is evidenced by Calvary Evangelical Ch and Wren Ch, which served the community of Wren and surrounding townships. This documentation captures the area's agricultural and transit character before late-20th-century modernization significantly altered the footprint of these small crossroads communities.