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1970 Map of Blossburg

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Blossburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

The Tioga River carves a central corridor through this section of northern Pennsylvania, where the borough of Blossburg serves as a primary hub for commerce and industry. By the early 1970s, the landscape surrounding the river valley was heavily shaped by resource extraction, evidenced by numerous Strip Mines and the Erie-Lackawanna railroad line threading through the settlements of Covington and Arnot.

Genealogists will find a high concentration of burial sites concentrated near the river, including Arbon Cem, St Marys Cem, and St Andrews Cem. The mountainous terrain of the Tioga State Forest surrounds these industrial centers, with peaks like Huckleberry Mtn and Boone Mtn defining the valley's edges. This map records a specific era of Appalachian coal and rail history, preserving the locations of worker settlements and the Old RR Grade that once supported the region's mines.