1932 Map of Corry

About this map

Corry serves as a significant rail hub where the Pennsylvania Railroad and Erie Railroad intersect, anchoring a landscape defined by the drainage basins of French Creek and Brokenstraw Creek. The 1930s settlement pattern is dense with named crossroads and rural communities like Spartansburg, Columbus, and Elgin. The industrial and agricultural vitality of the era is reflected in the extensive network of schoolhouses, such as Scotia Ch Sch and Sample Flats Sch, alongside remote landmarks like Tamarack Swamp and Benson Swamp. This survey offers a clear view of the borderlands between Erie, Crawford, and Warren counties before modern highway expansion altered the smaller hamlets. Numerous family-named hills and runs, including Mickel Hill and Whitney Run, provide specific points of interest for genealogists tracing ancestral landholdings in northwestern Pennsylvania during the pre-war years.