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1944 Map of Brookville

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

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Brookville serves as the regional hub at the confluence of the North Fork and Sandy Lick Creek, where the Pennsylvania railroad line cuts through the river valleys. This mid-century landscape is densely populated with small rural schoolhouses that define the local social geography, including the Furnace Sch, Crate Sch, and Beech Hollow Sch. The surrounding townships like Knox, Eldred, and Beaver are marked by a transition from river-bottom settlements to high-ridge farms.

Industrial and transport corridors follow the waterways, notably the Pittsburgh and Shawmut railroad serving coal-country outposts like Ramsaytown and Conifer. Smaller hamlets such as Port Barnett and Summerville highlight the persistence of mill-town economies along the Redbank Creek drainage. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of numerous family-named landmarks and rural centers like Sprankle Mills and Worthville before modern highway expansion altered the traditional road network.