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1935 Map of Hughesville

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Hughesville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

Hughesville sits at the northern edge of a landscape defined by the winding course of Muncy Creek and Little Muncy Creek during the early 1930s. This survey of the rural borderlands between Lycoming, Montour, and Columbia counties reveals a densely settled agricultural region before major post-war changes. The map is particularly notable for its exceptionally high density of rural schoolhouses, including the Steck Sch, Clayhole Sch, and California Sch, suggesting a decentralized community structure where education remained a local, neighborhood-based endeavor.

Transit through the southern reaches centers on the confluence of roads at Washingtonville and Jerseytown, while the creek valleys provide the primary corridors for development. From the heights of McKees Heights to the lowlands of Chillisquaque Creek, the map details a world of small farmsteads and country churches like Hendrickson Ch. The topography shifts from the more level ground near Ottawa and Strawberry Ridge to the dissected hills of Franklin and Jordan townships, where settlements like Lairdsville and Unityville are tucked into the valleys of Big Run and the West Branch Little Muncy Creek.