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2016 Map of Mercer

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Mercer
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Mercer serves as the focal point of this Pennsylvania landscape, where a dense street grid including W Market St and E Beaver St anchors the surrounding rural townships. The map documents a transition from the structured borough to the rolling topography shaped by Neshannock Creek and its many tributaries like Pine Run and Munnell Run. Small named settlements and hamlets are frequent throughout the quadrangle, including Pardoe, Blacktown, and Leesburg Station, providing a detailed look at the modern distribution of Mercer County's community centers.

Local history and genealogy interests are well-served by the inclusion of several burying grounds such as Findley Cem, Courtney Cem, and Carpenders Cem. The landscape is further defined by its infrastructure, from the small runways at Nelson's Run Airport to the arterial pathways of Franklin Rd and Scrubgrass Rd. Natural features such as Springfield Falls and Watts Lake offer insights into the hydrography that has influenced settlement patterns from Oakland in the north to Amsterdam in the southeast.