1963 Map of Franklinville

About this map

The Pennsylvania railroad corridor dictates the settlement pattern of this valley in the early 1960s, threading south through the village of Franklinville alongside Ischua Creek. This industrial and transit spine is punctuated by local infrastructure like the Coal Chutes and a Gravel Pit near Cadiz. On the hills overlooking the valley floor, older land use is visible at Mt Prospect and several family or community burying grounds, including the Ten Broeck Cem and Ischua Cem. To the north and west, the landscape shifts toward conservation in the State Reforestation Area, while the surrounding townships of Farmersville and Lyndon remain defined by a dense network of upland roads. This survey illustrates a post-war rural economy where the village core, home to the High Sch and Waterworks, remained the primary hub for the more isolated hamlets of Fitch and the surrounding dairy or timber country.