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1962 Map of Cumberland

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Cumberland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The Fort Benjamin Harrison Mil Res and its associated Billings VA Hospital anchor the northwestern corner of this landscape as it appeared in the early 1960s. The geography is defined by the transition from suburban development near Cumberland and Oaklandon to the fertile agricultural lands of Buck Creek and Sugar Creek townships. This era of mid-century growth is evident in the expanding residential grids of Warren and Billings, while older rural institutions like the Amity Ch and Wesley Chapel Cem persist in the eastern sections.

Transportation corridors including the New York Central Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad parallel established thoroughfares like U.S. 40 (National Road). For local historians and genealogists, the map is remarkably detailed with family-named landmarks and burial grounds, ranging from the Mock Cem in the north to the Schramm Cem in the south, alongside cultural artifacts like the Drive-in Theater near the Hancock County line.