Gettysburg serves as the focal point of this Adams County landscape, where the town's grid meets the surrounding ridge-and-valley terrain. Significant commemorative landmarks dominate the southern topography, including Seminary Ridge, Cemetery Hill, and Little Round Top. These features, alongside The Peach Orchard and The Wheatfield, outline the geography of the Civil War battlefield. Beyond the town center, the map documents the growth of residential and agricultural areas near Lake Heritage and smaller outlying settlements like Two Taverns, Bonneauville, and Barlow. Local aviation is represented by several small landing strips, such as Warner Hospital Airport and Rena-Vera Airport. Waterways like Rock Creek and White Run drain the rolling countryside, while numerous family-named roads and cemeteries, including Evergreen Cemetery and Pine Bank Cemetery, provide critical data for local history and genealogical research.
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1908 · Gettysburg
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1909 · Fairfield
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1911 · Taneytown
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1911 · Emmitsburg
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1942 · Gettysburg
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1943 · Emmitsburg
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1944 · Gettysburg
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1944 · Mc Sherrystown
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1944 · Littlestown
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1944 · Arendtsville
USGS Topo · 1:31,680