1934 Map of Coudersport

About this map

Oswayo Creek and the Allegheny River define the drainage of this Northern Pennsylvania landscape during the mid-1930s. The map illustrates a transitional era where early rail infrastructure like the New York and Pennsylvania RR and the Coudersport and Port Allegany RR served the valleys of Roulette and Coudersport. The high density of rural schoolhouses, including the Kibbeville Sch, Plank Road Sch, and Wildcat Sch, speaks to a dispersed agricultural and timber-dependent population organized around local hollows. A network of family-named features such as Bells Run and Lillibridge Creek suggests deep-rooted local history, while the Crandall Hill Firetower stands as a sentinel over the timbered ridges of the Pennsylvania New York Boundary Line.