1959 Map of Alfarata

About this map

Armagh Mountain and New Bald Eagle Jacks Mountain dominate this Central Pennsylvania landscape, creating a series of parallel valleys such as Honey Valley and Dry Valley. The settlement patterns of the late 1950s and 1960s follow these narrow corridors, with small communities like Alfarata and Belltown serving as local hubs. Along the southern edge of the quadrangle, the Penn Central rail line tracks the base of Shade Mountain, while an Old Railroad Grade near Soradoville points to earlier industrial transportation routes. This survey also documents essential community landmarks for genealogists, including Decatur Sch, Lawyers Ch, and several family-named gaps like Kearns Gap and Showalter Gap that provided passage through the high ridges of the Bald Eagle State Forest.