1940s Maps of Gibson Township, Pennsylvania

1. 1941 Map of Benezette, 1952 Print

   

   1941 Benezette

   1952 Print · USGS

   Elk County at the start of the 1940s reveals a network of valley settlements defined by the Pennsylvania RR and Sinnemahoning Creek. Researchers can trace rural life through scattered landmarks like Mt Zion Ch, Rathbun Sch, and the high point at Winslow Hill.

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4. 1943 Map of Benezette

   

   1943 Benezette

   1943 Print · USGS

   Elk and Cameron counties are captured during the early 1940s, showing a landscape of deep timber-run hollows and active rail corridors. Local historians can locate vanished schoolhouses like Rathbun Sch, mountain churches such as Mt Zion Ch, and the winding tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad.

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7. 1945 Map of Driftwood, 1953 Print

   

   1945 Driftwood

   1953 Print · USGS

   Cameron County communities thrive along the river bends and rail lines at the end of World War II. Researchers can trace the dual rail paths of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads through Driftwood and locate the First Fork Sch.

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10. 1945 Map of First Fork, 1954 Print

    

    1945 First Fork

    1954 Print · USGS

    The deep valleys of Cameron and Potter counties appear here in the mid-1940s, centered on the First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek corridor. Local researchers can locate the First Fork School, Gilmore Cem, and early ridge-top routes like Square Timber Road.

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13. 1945 Map of Sinnemahoning, 1954 Print

    

    1945 Sinnemahoning

    1954 Print · USGS

    Sinnemahoning and the surrounding river valleys are captured here at the height of the steam-to-diesel rail transition. Historians can trace the competing paths of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads through Jericho and past Miller Cem.

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16. 1945 Map of Driftwood, 1955 Print

    

    1945 Driftwood

    1955 Print · USGS

    Cameron and Elk Counties reveal their mid-century industrial character along the river valleys of the Allegheny Plateau. Researchers can trace the dual influence of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and isolated mountain burial grounds like Mason Hill Cem and Mix Run Cem.

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19. 1945 Map of Cameron, 1958 Print

    

    1945 Cameron

    1958 Print · USGS

    Cameron County in the 1940s is defined by the winding course of the Driftwood Branch Sinnemahoning Creek and its vital rail corridor. Researchers can trace family sites at Pine St Cem or explore the rugged topography of Mason Hill and Hunts Run.

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22. 1947 Map of Cameron

    

    1947 Cameron

    1947 Print · USGS

    Cameron and Sterling Run are captured in the late 1940s as they follow the deep curves of the Driftwood Branch Sinnemahoning Creek. Local historians can trace family plots at Pine St Cem or locate the site of the early Slyder Airport near Hunts Run.

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25. 1947 Map of First Fork

    

    1947 First Fork

    1947 Print · USGS

    North-central Pennsylvania's mountain valleys are captured here in the mid-1940s, as small settlements and logging-era roads traced the winding First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek. Genealogists can locate the First Fork Sch and family burial sites like Smith Cem and Gilmore Cem.

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28. 1947 Map of Sinnemahoning

    

    1947 Sinnemahoning

    1947 Print · USGS

    Cameron and Clinton counties are depicted in the mid-1940s at a time when the railroad and river defined local life. Genealogists and historians can trace family locations near Sinnemahoning, Driftwood, and Miller Cem, or follow the Baltimore and Ohio line.

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31. 1947 Map of Driftwood

    

    1947 Driftwood

    1947 Print · USGS

    Cameron County's rugged rail corridors and remote river valleys are captured here just after the war. Researchers can trace historic family burial sites at Mason Hill Cem and Mix Run Cem or locate the old junctions at Driftwood and Castle Garden.

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