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1888 Map of Hackettstown

Name: 1888 Topographic Map of Hackettstown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1888
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1888

About this map

Oxford Furnace and the neighboring Oxford Tunnel anchor the industrial landscape of northwestern New Jersey in the 1880s. This survey illustrates a complex network of transportation and early industry, most notably the Morris Canal as it winds alongside the Musconetcong River near Hackettstown. The map reveals the critical role of water power and resource extraction in the region's development, featuring sites like Swayze's Mills and the Saxton Falls.

Railroad expansion is evident through the convergence of the Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad and the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad, which bypassed older canal-side hamlets. Beyond the industrial corridors, the terrain rises toward Schooleys Mountain and Budds Lake, while small agricultural and milling settlements like Johnsonburgh, Tranquility, and Vienna dot the valleys of the Pequest River and Paulins Kill.