1954 Map of Aliquippa

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Aliquippa serves as the industrial and residential anchor of this 1950s landscape, which transitions quickly from dense urban grids to the winding valleys of Raccoon Creek. While the northern section is marked by the developed neighborhoods of New Sheffield and Scottsville, the southern and western portions reflect a more rural character defined by agricultural heritage and conservation. Genealogy researchers can find numerous small burial grounds and parish sites, such as the John Anderson Memorial Cem near the Service United Ch and the Mt Olivet Cem in the township of Independence. The landscape is punctuated by infrastructure and recreation, from the Lincoln Highway cutting across the south to the vast tracts of State Game Lands No 189 and Raccoon Creek State Park. Small settlements like Gringo, Rocktown, and Five Points provide clear evidence of earlier crossroads communities that persisted amidst the mid-century expansion of the Greater Pittsburgh International Airport nearby.