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1964 Map of Elizabethtown

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Elizabethtown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

Elizabethtown serves as the primary urban hub on this map, anchored by the campus of Elizabethtown College and the sprawling grounds of the Masonic Home. The landscape of northern Lancaster County and southern Lebanon County is defined by a dense network of country roads connecting small settlements like Milton Grove, Bellaire, and Lawn. The Pennsylvania RR corridor cuts through the southwestern corner, paralleling the older village centers that grew around agricultural trade.

North of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the terrain transitions into the forested expanse of State Game Lands No 145, where the Horseshoe Trail meanders through the hills. This 1964 survey, with its 1990 revisions, captures the area during a period of suburban expansion, shown in purple tint around the historic cores. Local heritage is preserved in the numerous rural congregations such as Schenks Ch, Chickies Ch, and Colebrook Ch, alongside small schoolhouses like the Lawn Sch.