1904 Map of Grantsville

About this map

Grantsville serves as a primary hub in the northern reaches of Garrett County, positioned along the historic National Road just south of the Pennsylvania border. This 1898 survey illustrates a landscape defined by industrial and transport infrastructure, where the Jennings Brothers RR winds through the river valleys and the Casselman River cuts between Negro Mountain and Meadow Mountain. To the southeast, the geography transitions into a dense network of mining and railroad towns including Moscow Mills, Barton, and Phoenix, where the B and O RR and C and P RR operate along the steep flanks of Big Savage Mountain. Researchers can trace the early layout of remote settlements like New Germany and Bittinger, alongside family-named landmarks such as Warnick Point and Rhodes Hill that highlight the late nineteenth-century settlement patterns of the Maryland panhandle.