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1912 Map of Hagerstown

Name: 1912 Topographic Map of Hagerstown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1923
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1923

About this map

Hagerstown serves as a dense industrial and transit hub in this early twentieth-century survey, surrounded by a productive landscape of limestone valleys and the rising ridgelines of South Mountain and Catoctin Mountain. The map captures a sophisticated transportation network at its peak, including the Cumberland Valley RR and the Hagerstown and Frederick Electric Ry, which linked the valley's orchards and farms to the urban center. Along the winding course of Antietam Creek, traditional industry is evident at Rose Mill and Strites Mill, while the limestone soil supported numerous small crossroads communities like Funkstown and Benevola.

Genealogical interest is found in the high density of rural institutions, such as Welty's Church, Miller Chapel, and family-named landmarks like Strites School and Harbaugh Church. The terrain is marked by distinctive geological and historic features, from the heights of Quirauk Mtn and Buzzard Knob to the prominent Monument Knob. This survey provides a clear look at the Maryland-Pennsylvania borderlands before modern suburban expansion, preserving the locations of the County Home and numerous rural schoolhouses like Bushdown School.