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1966 Map of Hazen

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Hazen
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Pittsburg and Shawmut railroad winds through the creek valleys of Jefferson County, serving a landscape defined by natural resource extraction and scattered rural hamlets. The terrain is marked by numerous strip mines that punctuate the hillsides around Hormtown and Pardus. These industrial features sit alongside established community centers like Warsaw, where the Warsaw Sch and local cemeteries reflect generations of settlement.

Transport infrastructure evolved significantly by the early 1970s, as seen in the development of the Du Bois Jefferson County Airport and the interstate corridor crossing Pinecreek township. Smaller settlements such as Hazen, Allens Mills, and Sugar Hill Station remain connected by a network of rural roads and jeep trails. To the north, the protected acreage of State Game Lands No 54 provides a contrast to the intensive mining and gas well activity found throughout the rest of the quadrangle.