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1957 Map of Milford Square

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Milford Square
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Spinnerstown and Milford Square anchor this Pennsylvania landscape during a period of transition, where established rural hamlets meet the modern infrastructure of the Northeast Extension Pennsylvania Turnpike. The map reveals a dense network of Lutheran, Reformed, and Schwenksfelder heritage, evidenced by congregations like Great Swamp Ch, West Swamp Ch, and Krassdale-Schwenksfelder Ch.

Industry and transport are captured at a crossroads, with the Reading railroad serving Dillinger Sta while the Quakertown Municipal Airport marks the growing importance of aviation. Waterways such as Unami Creek and Schmoutz Creek wind through the hills, past numerous local schools like Union Sch and Lower Milford Sch, documenting the educational and social heart of these Upper Bucks and Lehigh County communities before the arrival of significant suburban expansion.