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Map of Lorain Co., Ohio, from Actual Surveys
Historical landownership and cadastral map of Lorain County, Ohio, surveyed by John F. Geil and published in Philadelphia by Matthews & Taintor in 1857. The hand-colored map identifies township boundaries, property owners, individual land parcels, acreage, roads, railroads, settlements, and prominent buildings. Includes detailed inset maps of Avon Centre, French Creek, Elyria, Oberlin, Wellington, Amherstville, Charleston (Black River), La Porte, La Grange Centre, Rochester Station, and Grafton Station (Rawsonville). Additional features include statistical tables, business directories, and illustrations of public properties. An important primary historical resource documenting landownership, settlement patterns, transportation routes, and community development in Lorain County during the mid-nineteenth century.
OldMapsOnline CommunityJohn F. Geil
1857
1857
Matthews & Taintor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania