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1954 Map of Knoxville

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Knoxville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The Cowanesque River valley serves as the primary corridor for settlement and industry in this northern Tioga County landscape, where the Penn Central and Baltimore and Ohio railroads converge at the borough of Knoxville. The map illustrates a typical mid-century rural economy shaped by narrow valleys and steep ridges, with small communities like Academy Corners and Cowanesque established along the water's edge.

Genealogists will find a wealth of local landmarks, including family-named sites such as Carpenter Cem and Woodlawn Cem. South of the river, the terrain rises toward Chatham, where Jemison Creek feeds into the valley near the Jemison Valley Ch and its associated Jemison Valley Cem. The presence of a Gas Well and Radio Tower indicates the gradual modernization of the 1950s and 1960s, even as many of the smaller hollows like Wood Hollow and Moffit Hollow remained predominantly agricultural.