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1913 Map of Mercer

Name: 1913 Topographic Map of Mercer
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1913
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1913

About this map

Mercer and Grove City anchor this Pennsylvania landscape during a period of industrial and academic growth. The map illustrates a dense network of educational institutions, ranging from the prominent State Normal School in the south to numerous rural schools like Pinchalong School and Mt Nebo School. The regional economy is defined by its waterways and mineral wealth, evidenced by the Number Five Mine and clusters of river-side industry at Courtney Mills and Keisters Mills.

Transportation corridors are well-established, with the Pennsylvania and Ohio RR and the Lackawannock Road connecting established settlements such as Pardoe and Leesburg. The terrain is marked by Chestnut Ridge and a complex drainage system including Wolf Creek and Slippery Rock Creek. Small hamlets like Amsterdam and London provide a glimpse into the early twentieth-century township structure before later modernization changed the rural character of the county.