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1950 Map of Flintstone

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Flintstone
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

The Mason and Dixon Line serves as a primary boundary on this mid-century survey, dividing Southampton in Pennsylvania from the ridges of Maryland's Allegany County. The landscape is defined by the massive parallel formations of Tussey Mountain, Warrior Mountain, and Polish Mountain. Settlement is concentrated along the historic National Pike, which threads through the gaps alongside Town Creek and Flintstone Creek.

Genealogists will find a wealth of specific community markers including the Flintstone Creek School and several rural houses of worship such as Oakdale Church and Glendale Church. Small family and community burial grounds, including the Odd Fellows Cemetery and Rush Cemetery, are scattered across the terrain. From the high point of Grannys Knob down to the hollows like Possum Hollow, the map documents a traditional Appalachian landscape of dispersed farmsteads and narrow transport corridors at the start of the 1950s.