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1906 Map of Coatesville

Name: 1906 Topographic Map of Coatesville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

The industrial and agricultural heart of Chester County emerges in this early twentieth-century survey, defined by the heavy infrastructure of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike. In the north, Coatesville and Parkesburg serve as major hubs along the rail lines, while Modena and Mortonville sit near the banks of Brandywine Creek. Further south, the map documents the historic campus of Lincoln University and the surrounding township structures that supported this academic community.

The landscape is crisscrossed by established thoroughfares like Strasburg Road and Newport Road, which connect older village centers such as Sadsburyville, Ercildoun, and London Grove. The detail captured here reflects a transitional era where traditional turnpikes and rural post offices like Springdell Derbydown PO coexisted with the expanding rail network of the Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad.