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1964 Map of Columbia West

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Columbia West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The Susquehanna River cuts a wide path through this portion of Lancaster and York counties, anchored by the industrial and transit hubs of Marietta and Wrightsville. At the river's bend, the massive Marietta Air Force Station occupies a significant footprint along the northern bank, adjacent to the Penn Central rail lines. This corridor was a vital logistics point, where the river narrows between Chickies Rock and the high ground of the Hellam Hills.

Away from the water, the landscape transitions into the fertile agricultural lands of West Donegal and East Donegal, dotted with old country landmarks like Donegal Springs and Glosbrenner Ch. The map captures the community centers of Mount Joy and Maytown before the heavy suburban expansion of later decades, preserving the locations of family-named plots such as Eberly Cem and Strickler Cem. Downriver, the emergence of Lake Clarke behind the downstream damming reflects the mid-century transformation of the river into a recreational and power-generating resource.