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1947 Map of Marshlands

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Marshlands
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Pine Creek carves a deep valley through the high plateaus of Northern Pennsylvania, serving as a corridor for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and the primary highway system in the 1940s. The village of Watrous stands at a key junction where Kettle Creek and Phoenix Run meet the main waterway, while the smaller settlement of Manhattan sits further east along the banks. Higher up the slopes, the landscape is defined by massive landforms like Elephant Mtn and Hedgehog Point, separated by numerous hollows bearing local family names.

Evidence of early rural community life is scattered throughout the drainages, including the Phoenix Ch and Phoenix Cem in the north. Deep in the interior of Gaines and Abbott townships, the map records more isolated sites such as Maynard Sch and the Maynard Cem, marking the locations of mountain-side neighborhoods. This survey captures a moment when timber-era settlements like Marshlands persisted alongside emerging industrial features such as a Gas Well near the headwaters of Elk Run.