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1934 Map of Mifflintown

Name: 1934 Topographic Map of Mifflintown
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Jacks Mountain and Shade Mountain dominate this central Pennsylvania landscape, defining a series of narrow valleys where agriculture and industry settled along the water gaps. The Juniata River carves through these ridges at Mifflintown, creating a transportation corridor shared by the Pennsylvania RR and early highways. This river-and-rail economy is anchored by the borough of Port Royal and industrial points like Cuba Mills and Jericho Mills, where the flow of local streams provided power for early milling operations.

Local history is preserved in the dense network of one-room schoolhouses and rural churches that dotted the gaps in the 1930s, such as the Arch Rock Sch and Jackson Sch. The topography reveals the isolation of places like Pleasant Valley and Tennis Valley, which remained largely agricultural while Mifflintown served as the regional hub. Surveyed by J.L.Gayetty and C.W.Stump Jr., the map details landmarks ranging from the subterranean Seawra Cave to the high-elevation Fire Tower overlooking the mountain gaps.