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1964 Map of Catasauqua

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Catasauqua
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

The Lehigh River corridor serves as the industrial and civic spine of this mid-1960s landscape, where established manufacturing centers like North Catasauqua, Coplay, and Northampton meet the expanding suburbs of the Lehigh Valley. The presence of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport and the massive State Hospital Farm indicates the mid-century transition from agrarian holdings to large-scale infrastructure and institutional use.

Genealogists will find a wealth of specific local landmarks, from numerous parish churches like Notre Dame Ch and St Johns Ch to the extensive Cedar Hill Memorial Park. The map documents the legacy of the region's extraction industries through scattered Quarries and the Miller Slate Pond, while the transit networks of the Central Railroad of New Jersey and Lehigh and New England Railroad continue to define the area's development between Allentown and Bethlehem.