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1961 Map of Zanesville East

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Zanesville East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The Muskingum River corridor serves as the primary artery for this 1961 survey, showing Zanesville and its eastern surroundings as they transitioned through mid-century industrial and residential growth. This landscape is a patchwork of early infrastructure and active resource extraction, notably marked by numerous Strip Mines and the Paul Mine. The presence of several long-standing cemeteries, such as Greenwood Cemetery and Mt Olive Cemetery, alongside local schools like McKinley Sch and Parkinson Sch, provides significant detail for researchers tracing the social geography of Muskingum County.

Transportation networks are heavily represented by the Baltimore and Ohio and Norfolk and Western railroads, which facilitated the movement of coal and goods. Outside the main city, smaller settlements like Sonora, Pleasant Grove, and Duncan Falls show the distribution of rural populations near water bodies like Salt Creek and Boggs Creek. The map also documents modern developments of the era, including the Zanesville Municipal Airport and multiple radio towers.