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1951 Map of Fairfield

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Fairfield
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

Gettysburg National Military Park dominates the eastern edge of this terrain, where the historic landscape around McPherson Ridge and Reynolds Ave is meticulously documented alongside the nearby Katalysine Spring Golf Course. The map captures a transitional period for Adams County, showing the agricultural character of Fairfield and McKnightstown as they appeared following 1951 revisions and later 1968 updates.

Tracing the path of the Maryland and Western railroad through the northern hills, one finds a network of small rural institutions that anchored these communities. Numerous legacy structures are visible, from the Black Horse Tavern and the Lower Marsh Creek Sch to family-named landmarks like Mc Ginley Hill. The concentration of rural schools, such as McCurdy Sch and Pitzer Sch, alongside several historic burial grounds like Marsh Creek Cem, makes this an essential resource for genealogists and local historians studying the rural townships of Freedom, Highland, and Hamilton Ban.