Montgomery county, Mad River township, 1875

To the north: Montgomery county, Wayne township
To the west: Montgomery county, Harrison township and City of Dayton (First Ward, Seventh Ward, and Eleventh Ward)
To the east: Greene county, unknown township
To the south: Montgomery county, Van Buren township

Montgomery county, Van Buren township, 1875

To the north: Montgomery county, Mad River township
To the west: Montgomery county, Harrison township
To the southwest: Montgomery county, Miami township
To the east: Greene county, unknown township
To the south: Montgomery county, Washington township

Related posts:
Windy Ride to Miamisburg

Montgomery county, Harrison township, 1875

To the north: Montgomery county, Butler township
To the west: Montgomery county, Madison township
To the northeast: Montgomery county, Wayne township
To the east: Montgomery county, Mad River township and City of Dayton (Second Ward, Ninth Ward, and Tenth Ward)
To the southeast: Montgomery county, Van Buren township
To the south: Montgomery county, Miami township

Related posts:
Sunday before the Oscars
Ride to Taylorsville Dam

Dayton Eleventh Ward, 1875

This map comes from the Dayton Remembers collection at the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library.

 

See East Dayton buildings for other discussion.

Dayton Tenth Ward, 1875

This map comes from the Dayton Remembers collection at the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library.

More discussion to come...

Dayton Ninth Ward, 1875

This map comes from the Dayton Remembers collection at the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library.

More discussion to come...

Dayton Eighth Ward, 1875

This map comes from the Dayton Remembers collection at the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library.Note that north is at the left side.
 

More discussion to come...

Dayton Seventh Ward, 1875

This map comes from the Dayton Remembers collection at the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library.
 

More discussion to come...

Dayton Sixth Ward, 1875

This map comes from the Dayton Remembers collection at the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library.

 More discussion to come...

Dayton Third Ward, 1875

This map comes from the Dayton Remembers collection at the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library.

More discussion to come...

Old Dayton houses on East Third Street

I've been driving East Third Street almost daily since the first classes at Wright State University in June. As I drive through, I wonder what the street must have looked like 100, 150, and 200 years ago.

I'm especially interested in the old angled house at the corner formed by Third Street and Springfield Pike. It looks like it has been there since before 1900. Perhaps much earlier than that.

I just found maps that are online with the Dayton Public Library, in their Dayton Remembers archive. First treasure: the 11th Ward plat maps from 1875.

While wandering around that neighborhood, 1875 map in hand, I realized that once the area was dominated by Dayton Hydraulic Company and was served by a canal system. A 1942 article by Charles F. Sullivan describes the canal operation to some degree. Judging by the age of the buildings that fill in the areas, the canal was filled in after 1900. Since then, the area developed as light manufacturing as the city of Dayton's housing surrounded it.