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1965 Map of Lewisburg

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Lewisburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Lewisburg serves as the prominent center of this mid-1960s landscape, situated along the West Branch Susquehanna River and dominated by the campus of Bucknell University. The town's grid gives way to the expansive Buffalo Valley, where agricultural patterns are punctuated by numerous rural congregations such as Emmanuel Ch and Dreisbach Ch. To the north, the massive facility of the Northeast Federal Penitentiary occupies a large tract near Kelly Point.

The southern portion of the sheet is defined by the significant rise of Shamokin Mountain, which separates the valley from the winding path of Penns Creek near New Berlin. This area showcases the transition from the valley's open fields and limestone quarries to the forested slopes of State Game Lands No 193. Transportation routes, including the Reading railroad line and the Lewisburg Airport, trace the regional infrastructure before modern highway developments further altered the Union County corridor.