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1893 Map of Lebanon

Name: 1893 Topographic Map of Lebanon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1893
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1893

About this map

Lebanon serves as the industrial and logistical heart of this 1893 landscape, anchored by a dense network of iron and transport interests. To the south, the village of Cornwall sits at the foot of South Mountain, where the Cornwall Railroad and Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad converge to serve the local ore banks. The region's transport architecture is defined by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, which follows the path of Tulpehocken Creek through Meyerstown and Richland.

North of the city, the terrain transitions from the developed agricultural flats of North Lebanon toward the prominent ridges of Little Mountain and Blue Mountain. The map captures several small 19th-century settlements like Fredericksburg, Hamlin, and Jonestown, often situated along watercourses such as Swatara Creek. These rural hubs provided essential services to the surrounding farmsteads before the widespread modernization of the early 20th century.