1961 Map of Commodore

About this map

Commodore and the surrounding coal-country townships of Grant, Montgomery, and Green define this portion of Indiana County during the early 1960s. The landscape is heavily marked by the region's industrial heritage, featuring an extensive network of extractive sites like the numerous Strip Mines, a Tipple, and a Conveyor near Wandin Junction. This map captures the intersection of heavy industry and rural community life, where the Conrail lines service the mines while localized hamlets such as Starford, Kenwood, and the Learn Settlement persist in the valleys between the ridges of Turkey Knob and Buck Hill.