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1909 Map of Freeport

Name: 1909 Topographic Map of Freeport
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1921
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1921

About this map

Industrial riverfront towns and expanding rail networks define this early twentieth-century survey of the Allegheny River valley. The town of Freeport sits at the critical junction where the Kiskiminitas River meets the Allegheny, flanked by the Pennsylvania RR and the Buffalo & Susquehanna RR. Downriver, the map captures the dense settlement pattern of the Allegheny's western bank, from the established centers of Tarentum and Natrona to the residential pockets of Brackenridge and Birdville.

Beyond the river plains, the landscape transitions into the dissected plateaus of South Buffalo and Kiskiminitas. Here, small rural hamlets like Leasureville and Winfield are connected by winding valley roads and numerous watercourses like Buffalo Creek and Roaring Run. The map provides specific locational data for researchers tracing the development of Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties, including river crossings like Garveys Ferry and forgotten stops such as Butler Junction.