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1943 Map of Chambersburg

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Chambersburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

Chambersburg and the surrounding Cumberland Valley are depicted here during the height of the Second World War, showing a landscape defined by industrial growth and strategic military activity. The expansive Letterkenny Ordnance Depot occupies a significant portion of the northern terrain, illustrating the mobilization of the era. The region is a hub of transport and social services, with the Pennsylvania and Western Maryland railroads threading through towns like Greencastle and Waynesboro.

Social history is preserved in the numerous rural schoolhouses and specialized institutions, such as the Pennsylvania Soldiers Orphan Sch in Scotland and the Mont Alto Sanatorium on the wooded slopes of South Mountain. To the south and east, the map reveals the transition from the fertile valley floor to the ridgelines of the State Game Refuge, where small settlements like Mont Alto and Quincy are situated near the Waynesboro Reservoir.