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2023 Map of Lonaconing

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of Lonaconing
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

Georges Creek carves through this corner of the Appalachian Highlands, where the legacy of industrial mining and mountain settlement is etched into the landscape. Small communities like Borden Shaft, Ocean, and Carlos Junction follow the narrow valley floors and coal-bearing slopes, connected by the CSX Transportation line. These towns, along with Lonaconing and Midland, represent the dense residential clusters formed around the region’s historic resource extraction economy.

On the higher elevations, family and parish histories are preserved in numerous hilltop burial grounds, including Saint Marys Cem and the Winter-Clise Cem. The terrain rises sharply toward the east to Dans Mtn, where landmarks such as Dans Rock and Wolf Rock look out over the North Branch Potomac River valley. This 2023 survey provides a modern view of these long-established mountain settlements, showing the persistent footprint of mountain hamlets like Klondike and Detmold alongside critical water infrastructure like the Lonaconing Reservoir.