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1965 Map of Lewisburg

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Lewisburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The West Branch of the Susquehanna River anchors this mid-century survey of the Buffalo Valley, where the borough of Lewisburg serves as a regional hub for commerce and education. The campus of Bucknell University and the extensive Northeast Federal Penitentiary are prominent landmarks, contrasting with the surrounding agricultural character and small crossroads settlements like Buffalo Crossroads, Mazeppa, and Vicksburg.

Industrial and transport corridors are clearly defined by the Penn Central and Reading railroads, which facilitated the movement of goods through this part of Union County. To the south, the landscape rises sharply toward Shamokin Mountain, overlooking the drainage of Turtle Creek and Turkey Run. Local genealogists will find significant value in the documentation of country churches and burial grounds, such as Dreisbach Ch and Ebenezer Cem, alongside the scattered rural schoolhouses like Township Sch and Western Area Joint Sch.