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1968 Map of Cambridge Springs

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Cambridge Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Cambridge Springs serves as the focal point of this late-1960s landscape, situated at the confluence where French Creek meets numerous tributaries like Little Conneauttee Creek. The map records a transition in local infrastructure, showing the Erie-Lackawanna railroad line alongside an Old Railroad Grade that speaks to earlier transportation corridors. This edition is particularly valuable for its detail of the Alliance College campus and the surrounding cluster of small communities such as Drakes Mills, Skeltontown, and Venango.

Social and religious history is preserved through labels for St Pauls Ch and several burial grounds, including Mitchell Cem and Gravel Run Cem. The terrain rises from the creek valleys toward Kinter Hill and Mt Pleasant, while the east is dominated by State Game Lands No 85. The proximity of water is ever-present, from the Mitchell Lake basin to the many gravel pits indicating the area's geological and industrial makeup.