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1913 Map of Mercer

Name: 1913 Topographic Map of Mercer
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1938
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1938

About this map

Mercer and Grove City anchor a landscape defined by early 20th-century industry and education, as seen in this 1911 survey. The region is crisscrossed by major rail lines including the Bessemer and Lake Erie RR and the Pennsylvania RR, which supported local extraction at sites like the Number Five Mine. Significant civic landmarks include the State Hospital near the county seat and the State Normal School in the south, reflecting the area's institutional growth.

A dense network of water-powered infrastructure traces along the local waterways, from Springfield Falls to various milling operations such as Doughertys Mills and Keisters Mills on Slippery Rock Creek. The map also details numerous family-named rural schools, such as Bottle Hill School and Pachalong School, providing a meticulous record of early Pennsylvania township organization and rural settlement patterns before modern consolidation.