1947 Map of Klingerstown

About this map

The ridge-and-valley terrain of central Pennsylvania dominates this landscape, where the ridges of Line Mountain and Mahantango Mountain define the settlement patterns of the late 1940s. Villages and hamlets like Klingerstown, Rebuck, and Erdman are tucked into the fertile lowlands between these elevations, connected by a network of winding roads and local watercourses. The presence of Himmels Church, Salem Church, and Colemans Church suggests a community organized around long-standing rural parishes, while smaller landmarks like Kissingers School and the Covered Bridge over Mahantango Creek mark the local scale of mid-century life. Distinctive place names such as Rough and Ready and Fearnot provide a window into the colorful vernacular history of the region. This survey, redrawn from earlier 1940s data with 1946 aerial photography, captures the area before modern development altered the rural character of the creek valleys.