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1909 Map of Alliance

Name: 1909 Topographic Map of Alliance
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1939
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1939

About this map

Alliance serves as the industrial and transportation hub of this region, situated at the busy intersection of the Pennsylvania System and the Lake Erie Alliance and Wheeling railroads. The survey, conducted in the early 1900s, reveals a landscape densely populated with rural institutions including the Childrens Home and multiple country schools like Pinch School and Prospect Hill School. To the east, Sebring and Beloit are clearly established along the rail lines, while smaller agrarian settlements like Freeburg and Maximo dot the western reaches.

The presence of the South Boundary Connecticut Reserve provides a window into the state’s early land partition history, cutting across the northern portion of the map. Along the Mahoning River and Beech Creek, the terrain transitions from the urban density of Mt Union to the more dispersed farms of Washington and Knox townships, characterized by family-named landmarks like the Baker School and the Salem Church.