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2000 Map of Lecontes Mills

Name: 2000 Topographic Map of Lecontes Mills
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2001
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2001

About this map

The West Branch Susquehanna River carves a dramatic, winding path through this Clearfield County landscape, where industrial infrastructure meets traditional rural settlements at the turn of the millennium. The Shawville Tunnel and a significant powerplant near Shawville highlight the region's energy-sector legacy, while a scattered network of mines and strip mines across the plateaus of Goshen and Girard underscores the extractive history of the area.

Smaller hamlets such as Lecontes Mills, Gillingham, and Bishtown serve as focal points for local history, supported by numerous community institutions like Pleasant Valley Ch and Bradford Ch. Cultural markers such as the Drive-in Theater near Mineral Springs and family-named burial grounds, including Murray Cem and Congress Hill Cem, provide tangible links for genealogists. The terrain is further defined by numerous tributaries like Surveyor Run and Bear Run which feed into the river's deep oxbows.