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1955 Map of Yellow Springs

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Yellow Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

The village of Yellow Springs serves as the cultural hub of this mid-century landscape, anchored by the campus of Antioch College and surrounded by a web of rural townships including Miami and Bath. The map reveals a transition from the village center to the agricultural and industrial reaches of Greene County, marked by numerous quarries and the expansive U S Military Reservation to the west. Settlement patterns follow the natural corridors formed by the Little Miami River and the Mad River, which define the northern and southern drainage.

Genealogists will find significant detail in the smaller hamlets and family-oriented landmarks, such as Trollinger and Goes, alongside local institutions like Pleasant Grove Ch, Rocky Point Chapel, and the Oak Grove Sch. The infrastructure of the era is preserved through the paths of the Pennsylvania and Erie New York Memorial railroads, which serviced the local economy before the dominance of the interstate system.