{"id":1845261,"date":"2025-12-03T13:21:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1845261"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:21:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:21:34","slug":"cincinnati-and-columbus-in-50-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/12\/cincinnati-and-columbus-in-50-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati and Columbus in 50 Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"505\" data-attachment-id=\"1845262\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/12\/cincinnati-and-columbus-in-50-maps\/cincinnati-columbus-50-maps\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cincinnati-columbus-50-maps.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1520,750\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cincinnati-columbus-50-maps\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cincinnati-columbus-50-maps-300x148.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cincinnati-columbus-50-maps-1024x505.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cincinnati-columbus-50-maps-1024x505.jpg\" alt=\"Book covers for Cincinnati in 50 Maps and Columbus in 50 Maps.\" class=\"wp-image-1845262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cincinnati-columbus-50-maps-1024x505.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cincinnati-columbus-50-maps-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cincinnati-columbus-50-maps-150x74.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cincinnati-columbus-50-maps-940x464.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cincinnati-columbus-50-maps-811x400.jpg 811w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cincinnati-columbus-50-maps.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two more books from Belt Publishing came out this week, both part of their \u201c50 Maps\u201d series, each focusing on an Ohio city: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/products\/cincinnati-in-50-maps-9781540270016\/\"><strong>Cincinnati in 50 Maps<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, edited by Nick Swartsell and with cartography by Andy Woodruff; and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/products\/columbus-in-50-maps-9781540270023\/\"><strong>Columbus in 50 Maps<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, edited by Brent Warren and with cartography by Vicky Johnson-Dahl. They join <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/products\/cleveland-in-50-maps-9781948742559\">Cleveland in 50 Maps<\/a><\/em> (2019) and other books in the series that aren\u2019t about Ohio cities. <a href=\"https:\/\/matternews.org\/culture\/words\/brent-warren-puts-columbus-on-the-map\/\">Columbus-based independent news outlet <em>Matter<\/em> has a feature on <em>Columbus in 50 Maps<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><strong>Cincinnati in 50 Maps<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0ed. by Nick Swartsell; cartography by Andy Woodruff.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/products\/cincinnati-in-50-maps-9781540270016\">Belt<\/a>, 2 Dec 2025, $30.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/1540270017\/maproom-20\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/o\/ASIN\/1540270017\/maproomca-20\">Canada<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/o\/ASIN\/1540270017\/thmaro-21\">UK<\/a>),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/2925\/9781540270016\">Bookshop<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>Columbus in 50 Maps<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0ed. by Brent Warren; cartography by Vicky Johnson-Dahl.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/products\/columbus-in-50-maps-9781540270023\/\">Belt<\/a>, 2 Dec 2025, $30.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/1540270025\/maproom-20\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/o\/ASIN\/1540270025\/maproomca-20\">Canada<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/o\/ASIN\/1540270025\/thmaro-21\">UK<\/a>),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/2925\/9781540270023\">Bookshop<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/map-books-of-2025\/\">Map Books of 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two more books from Belt Publishing came out this week, both part of their \u201c50 Maps\u201d series, each focusing on an Ohio city: Cincinnati in 50 Maps, edited by Nick Swartsell and with cartography by&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/12\/cincinnati-and-columbus-in-50-maps\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-12-03T18:21:49+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m7436m7ljv2f","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m7436m7ljv2f\",\"cid\":\"bafyreif2bwbkaahpgtp5ljs622bq7yil5cn62avpl7l4kkjhkc3uqqxho4\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreiczbvsmy454iq5ddgby3ldbqvte2kvmvut2natu34wwcramwxwv4m\",\"rev\":\"3m7436m7sen2f\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,363],"tags":[30,1713,54,1763,1712],"class_list":["post-1845261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-history","category-human-geography","tag-books","tag-cincinnati","tag-cities","tag-columbus-oh","tag-ohio","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1835443,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/12\/online-exhibition-introduces-cincinnati-librarys-map-holdings\/","url_meta":{"origin":1845261,"position":0},"title":"Online Exhibition Introduces Cincinnati Library\u2019s Map Holdings","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"20 December 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"Plan of Cincinnati and Vicinity (S. Augustus Mitchell, 1860). Map, 24\u00d725 cm. CHPL. How many libraries host map collections that you might be unaware of? 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Edited by Alexander J. Kent (who co-wrote\u00a0The Red Atlas) and Peter Vujakovic, the book \"draws on the wealth of new scholarship and practice in this emerging field, from the latest conceptual developments in mapping and advances\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/social-life-of-maps-142x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/social-life-of-maps-142x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/social-life-of-maps-142x150.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/social-life-of-maps-142x150.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/social-life-of-maps-142x150.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/social-life-of-maps-142x150.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1788711,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/04\/star-maps-history-artistry-and-cartography\/","url_meta":{"origin":1845261,"position":2},"title":"Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"14 April 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"The March 2020 issue (PDF) of Calafia, the journal of the California Map Society, has as its theme the mapping of space. 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