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1956 Map of Fleetwood

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Fleetwood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The Reading railroad corridor shapes the industrial and social geography of this Berks County landscape, linking the borough of Fleetwood with the neighboring village of Lyons. This 1956 survey, updated with 1969 revisions, captures a network of rural crossroads and valley settlements including Pricetown, Moselem Springs, and Oley. The infrastructure of the era is evident in the prominent pipeline and telephone lines that cut across the agricultural terrain, while the transition from traditional industry is marked by the presence of the Oley Furnace and several scattered quarries.

Genealogists and local historians will find a high density of nineteenth-century institutions, from the Beckers St Peters Ch in the northwest to the numerous rural schoolhouses such as Stimmels Sch, Mellon Sch, and Seidel Sch. These landmarks, along with family-named sites like the Lesher Cem, provide a detailed look at the community structure before modern suburban expansion significantly altered the original township lines of Richmond and Maiden Creek.