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1902 Map of Indiana

Name: 1902 Topographic Map of Indiana
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Indiana serves as the bustling hub of this western Pennsylvania landscape at the turn of the century, its dense grid of streets surrounded by a network of smaller farming and mining settlements. The terrain is deeply carved by water, with Two Lick Creek and its many tributaries like Yellow Creek and Ramsey Run dictating the placement of early roads and rail lines. Transportation is anchored by the Pennsylvania R. R. and the Indiana Branch, which connect the county seat to outlying villages such as Homer, Graceton, and Dixonville.

From the heights of Warner Hill and Coleman Hill, the view drops into steep valleys where local life centered around places like Kintersburg and Grove Chapel. The map documents a moment when traditional township boundaries like White, Rayne, and Cherryhill organized a rural population increasingly linked by emerging industrial transit. Numerous small crossings and named hills, such as Evans Hill and Moose Hill, provide precise reference points for researchers studying early 20th-century land use.