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1925 Map of Cambridge Springs

Name: 1925 Topographic Map of Cambridge Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1940
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1940

About this map

Lake Edinboro and the surrounding dairy lands of Erie and Crawford Counties define this rural landscape during the mid-1920s. The regional economy is anchored by the borough of Edinboro and the bustling resort and transit hub at Cambridge Springs, where the Erie RR meets the winding French Creek. This era showcases a dense network of local education, with dozens of family-named schoolhouses such as Goodban School, Silverthorn School, and Gillespie School serving the farming townships.

Infrastructure in this period is particularly notable for the Northwestern Electric railway, which parallels the road through Venango and McLane. Waterways like Conneauttee Creek and Cussewago Creek provide the primary drainage for the agricultural districts. Small, specialized junctions and sidings, including Paxtons Junc and Racops Siding, illustrate a landscape still deeply connected to rail transport before the full modernization of the state highway system.