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1966 Map of Lewistown

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Lewistown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

The Juniata River carves through the Ridge and Valley province here, anchoring a landscape where industrial infrastructure and mountain wilderness meet. In the mid-1960s, Lewistown serves as a dense hub of civic and religious life, featuring the Municipal Bldg, the Courthouse, and a cluster of parochial and public education sites like Sacred Heart Sch and the Seventh Ward Sch. The river valley acts as a tight corridor for the Penn Central railroad, which passes through Lewistown Junction and winds southeast through the steep Lewistown Narrows.

Beyond the town limits, the terrain shifts abruptly into the ridges of Jacks Mountain and Shade Mountain. Large swaths of the southern portion of the map are preserved within the Tuscarora State Forest, where features like the Guss Picnic Area and the Lookout Tower reflect mid-century conservation and recreation. Local history is etched into the landscape at Millers Tomb and several family-named burial grounds including Mt Rock Cem and Ohev Sholom Cem.