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1894 Map of Bloomsburg

Name: 1894 Topographic Map of Bloomsburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Bloomsburg sits at the southwestern edge of this landscape, where the Susquehanna River and the Penn. Canal parallel the Penn. R. R. and D. L. and W. R. R. through the river valley. The region is defined by the sharp, parallel ridges of Knob Mountain, Huntington Mountain, and Lee Mountain, which separate the agricultural valley lands from the northern uplands. This 1890s survey captures a complex network of milling and transport settlements, including Coles Mills, Stillwater, and Benton, which grew along the West Branch Fishing Creek and its tributaries.

The confluence of industrial and agrarian life is evident in the rail lines such as the Bloomsburg and Sullivan R. R. and the Wilkesbarre and Western R. R., which threaded through the narrow gaps between ridges. Numerous small hamlets like Light Street, Rohrsburg, and Orangeville are well-established, reflecting the dense nineteenth-century rural population before the consolidation of modern transit.