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1967 Map of Cooksburg

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Cooksburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Cook Forest State Park and the serpentine bends of the Clarion River dominate this 1967 survey of the borderlands between Clarion, Jefferson, and Forest counties. The map captures a landscape defined by conservation and resource extraction, where protected woodlands sit alongside hundreds of Gas Wells and scattered industrial footprints like the Strip Mine near Thompson Hill. Settlement is concentrated in small pockets such as Cooksburg, while the surrounding ridges are punctuated by family-named landmarks including Fitzgerald Hill, Shawkey Hill, and Songer Hill.

Tracing the tributary system of Cook Run, Cathers Run, and Mill Creek reveals the historical footprint of rural life in the late 1960s. Genealogists and local historians can locate several traditional landmarks, from St Dominics Ch in the southeast to the Troutman Cem and Hominy Ridge Cem. The transition from the Allegheny National Forest to State Game Lands No 74 illustrates the complex land management of this Pennsylvania river corridor.