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1922 Map of Lehighton

Name: 1922 Topographic Map of Lehighton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The Lehigh River carves a path through this mountainous landscape, serving as the industrial and transit corridor for the New Jersey Central Railroad and Lehigh Valley Railroad. In the early 1920s, this area was defined by its valley towns and the imposing natural barriers of Summer Mountain and Mauch Chunk. The rugged topography is punctuated by deep gaps like the Lehigh Gap and engineering feats such as the Rockport Tunnel, which facilitated the movement of anthracite coal through the region.

Local life is recorded in the placement of rural institutions, from the Larrytown Poor Farm in the north to the numerous schoolhouses like Pierce School and Strohls School that served isolated hamlets. Settlements like Palmerton, Weissport, and Jim Thorpe anchor the riverbanks, showing the dense residential patterns that developed around the rail lines. Small farming and timbering communities such as Christmansville and Dottersville are mapped among the ridges, providing a detailed view of Carbon County's social geography before mid-century changes.