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1960 Map of Elkton

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Elkton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Elkton and the surrounding townships of Fairfield and Elkrun are defined by a complex network of resource extraction and transit corridors. The landscape is heavily marked by Strip Mines that follow the contours of the drainage basins, particularly near Middle Run and Bull Creek. These industrial sites contrast with the established community structures of the early 1960s, including Middleton High Sch and several remote burying grounds like Church Hill Cem and Kembles Cem.

Transportation is a central theme, with the Penn Central, Erie-Lackawanna, and Youngstown and Southern railroads all traversing the area. These lines, alongside rural routes like Oil Well Road, supported the movement of goods and people between settlements like Middleton and East Fairfield. In the south, the terrain descends into the protected Beaver Creek State Forest, where Little Beaver Creek carves through the landscape, providing a natural boundary to the intensive mining activity seen elsewhere on the sheet.