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1953 Map of Abbottstown

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Abbottstown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The Conewago Creek and Bermudian Creek define this agricultural landscape on the border of Adams and York counties. In the late 1960s, the area's development is concentrated along the Lincoln Highway, which links the borough of Abbottstown in the south to Farmers and La Bott in the east. The map captures a moment of significant infrastructure expansion, including the emergence of a four-lane highway and the York Airport near Jackson.

Rural community life is anchored by a dense network of country churches and schools, such as Bermudian Ch, Altland Ch, and Schaeffer Sch. Of particular historical interest are the Adams County Fair Grounds near Mummerts Ch and the Paradise Protectory north of Abbottstown. The terrain transitions from the relatively level farmlands near East Berlin to the more prominent elevations of the Pigeon Hills in the south.