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1894 Map of Lambertville

Name: 1894 Topographic Map of Lambertville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1894
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1894

About this map

Lambertville and New Hope serve as the central anchors of this late-19th-century landscape, positioned where the industrial corridor of the Delaware River facilitates a dense network of water and rail transport. The river's banks are traced by two major shipping arteries, the Pennsylvania Canal on the west and the Delaware and Raritan Canal on the east, paralleled by the Pennsylvania Railroad Belvidere Division. This concentration of infrastructure highlights the region's importance as a conduit for coal and goods moving between Pennsylvania and New Jersey markets.

Away from the river, the terrain transitions into the agricultural and residential hamlets of Hunterdon and Mercer Counties. Distinctive local intersections like Vanlieu Corners, Larison Corner, and Buttonwood Corners suggest a history of family-centered settlement patterns. Further south, the map identifies the historically significant Washington Crossing and the prominent Jericho Mountain, providing a detailed look at the rural uplands and the Stony Brook drainage system before modern suburban expansion changed the character of these townships.