The W.PA. Cemetery Plat Maps for Morrow County, Ohio have been added to the right column of the blog.

  The Morrow County W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps Collection on FLICKR

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These 1930s era W.P.A. cemetery plat maps were part of The Works Progress Administration that was later re-named the Works Projects Administration.  

This project was undertaken throughout Ohio and resulted in bound albums of cemetery map drawings for a county identifying the city or township where each cemetery is situated.  

Regarding Morrow County, as what has been noted with W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps in other Ohio counties, the project itself has a Title Page which is normally Page 1.  That page is followed by an Index of Cemeteries for the entire county on Page 2.  Referencing the index while working on this project was quite helpful for keeping track of the map pages that were accessed, revised, named, and saved.   

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The larger cemeteries (most are in larger cities such as county seats) have several sections and require more than one page. Thus, these cemeteries may also have their own Title Page and a "Key Map" showing a cemetery's Sections or Blocks; in whatever system of naming them that was adopted.:

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Near the end of the project, there is an increase in the number of pages containing multiple cemetery map drawings of smaller cemeteries.  There could two, three, or even four cemetery plat maps on a single page.  Like with the larger cemeteries, known veterans buried at a cemetery are listed with the number identifying the war in which they served, and their grave location at the cemetery. The map drawing itself will reflect the burials with black coffin shaped symbols placed within the appropriate lot number on the map drawing.       

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Below is a sampling of the different arrangements created for map pages ranging from one section of a larger cemetery to a page with four smaller cemeteries.: 

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Most map pages will contain what is often referred to as a "Legend".  It is a box in the lower right corner of the map page containing a listing of the wars America was engaged in from the time of the American Revolution to World War I; and each has its own number designation. 

See the Title and Legend of Wars created as a composite below.:

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It is hoped that these maps will be of help to those who wish to locate a veteran's gravesite (through World War I) in the State of Ohio.