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1954 Map of Hookstown

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Hookstown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

Shippingport sits along the Ohio River at the northern edge of this Beaver County landscape, where industrial activity and river transport meet the rural interior of Greene and Hanover townships. The Penn Central rail line follows the riverbank, passing Phillis Island, while further inland the terrain shifts toward a series of deep valleys carved by Mill Creek and Traverse Creek.

Social and educational life in the 1950s is deeply etched into the topography through rural centers like Hookstown and the Hookstown Grange. Genealogists will find a high density of country institutions, from the Free Methodist Ch and Mill Cr Cem to local schoolhouses such as Reed Sch and Buchanan Sch. The southern portion of the map is dominated by the nascent Raccoon Creek State Park, showing the State Park Headquarters and early recreational infrastructure near the water.