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1969 Map of Derrick City

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Derrick City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The Bradford Oil Field dominates the landscape of this 1969 survey, showing a complex network of pipelines and countless well sites threading through the drainages of the Allegheny Plateau. Situated along the New York Pennsylvania border, the area reflects a deeply industrial rural character where small settlements like Derrick City and Gilmore grew alongside the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The topography is defined by sharp hollows and runs, including Foster Brook and Knapp Creek, which funneled transport and settlement into narrow corridors.

Local history is preserved through the placement of civic markers such as Fretz Jr High Sch, Lincoln Sch, and Sawyer Sch. The transition from early resource extraction to mid-century development is visible in the emergence of the Shopping Center near Foster Brook and the Golf Course along Minard Run. From the northern border at Cattaraugus Co down through Foster and Otto townships, the map provides a look at the infrastructure of Pennsylvania’s oil heritage.